Labeled versus unlabeled discrete choice experiments in health economics: An application to colorectal cancer screening

Value in Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 315-323

  De Bekker Grob, Esther W ^a   Hol, Lieke ^a   Donkers, Bas ^b   Van Dam, Leonie ^a   Habbema, J Dik F ^a   Van Leerdam, Monique E ^a   Kuipers, Ernst J ^a   Essink Bot, Marie Louise ^a,c   Steyerberg, Ewout W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer screening; Discrete choice experiment; Feasibility; Labeled alternatives; Unlabeled alternatives; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DECISION MAKING; DISCRETE CHOICE EXPERIMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; VALIDITY;

EID: 77149176897     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2009.00670.x     Document Type: Article

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