Investigating public preferences on 'severity of health' as a relevant condition for setting healthcare priorities

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2247-2255

  Green, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributive preferences; Methodology; Priority setting; Public preference; Severity of health; UK

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATE MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHAMPTON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649246780     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.03.020     Document Type: Article

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