Contingent valuation in health care: Does it matter how the 'good' is described?

Health Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 607-617

  Smith, Richard D ^a  

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

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Scenario; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 44649202814     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1280     Document Type: Article

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