What needs to be done in contingent valuation: Have Smith and Sach missed the boat?

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-121

  Baker, Rachel ^a   Currie, Gillian R ^b   Donaldson, Cam ^b,c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH;

EID: 77449095330     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S174413310999003X     Document Type: Note

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