Eliciting people's preferences for the distribution of health: A procedure for a more precise estimation of distributional weights

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 570-577

  Mæstad, Ottar ^a   Norheim, Ole Frithjof ^b  

^a CHR MICHELSEN INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Distributional weights; Eliciting preferences; Health equity

Indexed keywords

AGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EQUITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMPIRICISM; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349267002     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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