A note on the nature of utility in time and health and implications for cost utility analysis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 362-367

  Buckingham, Ken J ^a   Devlin, Nancy Joy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost utility analysis; Maximal endurable time; QALYs; Time Trade Off (TTO); Utility

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; LITERATURE REVIEW; TRADE-OFF;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 58149496339     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.09.048     Document Type: Article

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