QALYS: Is the value of treatment proportional to the size of the health gain?

Health Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 596-607

  Nord, Erik ^a   Enge, Anja Undrum ^a   Gundersen, Veronica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Capacity to benefit; Cost utility analysis; Individual utility; QALY; Realisation of potential; Subtraction method; Valuing treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; INTERVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE BENEFITS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; NORWAY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 77951734846     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1497     Document Type: Article

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