Is the incorporation of equity considerations into economic evaluation really so simple? A comment on Cookson, Drummond and Weatherly

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 247-254

  Richardson, Jeff ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL WELFARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 68149159195     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133109004927     Document Type: Note

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