Money for health: The equivalent variation of cardiovascular diseases

Health Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 859-872

  Groot, Wim ^a   van den Brink, Henriëtte Maassen ^a   Plug, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Income; QALY; Welfare function; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH STATUS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONEY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WELFARE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 4644283127     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.867     Document Type: Article

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