External validation of the use of vignettes in cross-country health studies

Economic Modelling

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 854-865

  Datta Gupta, Nabanita ^a   Kristensen, Nicolai ^b   Pozzoli, Dario ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cross country health comparison; Subjective and objective measures; Vignettes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953536286     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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