Willingness to pay for public health care: A comparison of two approaches

Health Policy

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 217-228

  Olsen, Jan Abel ^a,b   Kidholm, Kristian ^c   Donaldson, Cam ^d   Shackley, Phil ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care; Insurance; Preferences; WTP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INSURANCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TAX;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE;

EID: 4444272197     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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