Lessons learned by (from?) an economist working in medical decision making

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 690-698

  Wakker, Peter P ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Decision analysis; Healthy years equivalent; Interdisciplinary work; Risk; Time tradeoff

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION THEORY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 52149086814     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X08323916     Document Type: Conference Paper

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