Rationalising the 'irrational': A think aloud study of discrete choice experiment responses

Health Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-336

  Ryan, Mandy ^a   Watson, Verity ^a   Entwistle, Vikki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Completeness; Continuity; DCE; Monotonicity; Qualitative analysis; Stated preference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISCRETE CHOICE EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; DIET RESTRICTION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; INTESTINE TUMOR; LOGIC; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FASTING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; LOGIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 65349124774     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1369     Document Type: Article

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