Willingness-to-pay for caregivers of children with asthma or wheezing conditions

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 157-165

  Walzer, Stefan ^a   Zweifel, Peter ^b  

^a Analytica International ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Discrete choice analysis; Health economics; Preference study; Willingness to pay; conjoint analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WHEEZING;

EID: 34247551683     PISSN: 11766336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/tcrm.2007.3.1.157     Document Type: Article

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