Modelling opportunity in health under partial observability of circumstances

Health Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 252-264

  Dias, Pedro Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood conditions; Equality of opportunity; Lifestyles; NCDS

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COGNITION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIET; DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; LIFESTYLE; MODEL; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; OBSERVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CHILD; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 76149113605     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1584     Document Type: Article

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