Patients' willingness to pay for anti-emetic treatment

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-43

  Kerger, H ^a,b   Turan, A ^c,e   Kredel, M ^d   Stuckert, U ^a   Alsip, N ^e   Gan, T J ^f   Apfel, C C ^e,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Deaconess Hospital   (Germany)

^c TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti emetics; Economics; General anaesthesia; Germany; Health care system; Post operative nausea and vomiting; Turkey; Willingness to pay method

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTION SICKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; POLITICS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX; SMOKING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANTIEMETICS; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY;

EID: 33845716175     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.01171.x     Document Type: Article

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