Time preferences for health in Northern Tanzania: An empirical analysis of alternative discounting models

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-88

  Robberstad, Bjarne ^a   Cairns, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TANZANIA;

EID: 33846066688     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00019053-200725010-00007     Document Type: Article

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