How to do (or not to do)...Designing a discrete choice experiment for application in a low-income country

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-158

  Mangham, Lindsay J ^a   Hanson, Kara ^a   McPake, Barbara ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrete choice experiment; Methodology; Quantitative; Stated preference technique

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 60249087357     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czn047     Document Type: Review

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