Economic valuation of informal care: Conjoint analysis applied in a heterogeneous population of informal caregivers

Value in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1041-1050

  Van Den Berg, Bernard ^a   Al, Maiwenn ^b   Van Exel, Job ^b   Koopmanschap, Marc ^b   Brouwer, Werner ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conjoint analysis; Economic evaluation; Informal care; Stated preferences; Willingness to accept

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 53749096355     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2008.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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