Methods for the meta-analysis of willingness-to-pay data: An overview

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 901-910

  Van Houtven, George ^a,b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EVALUATION RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 53849085173     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00019053-200826110-00003     Document Type: Review

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