A cost-benefit analysis using contingent valuation techniques: A feasibility study in spinal surgery

Value in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 575-588

  Haefeli, Mathias ^a   Elfering, Achim ^b   McIntosh, Emma ^c   Gray, Alastair ^c   Sukthankar, Atul ^a   Boos, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Cost benefit analysis; Discectomy; Spinal decompression; Spinal fusion; Spinal surgery; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 47749092116     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2007.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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