Willingness to pay for weight-control treatment

Health Policy

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-218

  Liu, Jin Tan ^a   Tsou, Meng Wen ^b   Hammitt, James K ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c HARVARD CENTER FOR RISK ANALYSIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Economics; Obesity; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; LOW CALORY DIET; OBESITY; PEER PRESSURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TAIWAN; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TAIWAN;

EID: 67349116333     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.12.011     Document Type: Article

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