The value of informal care - A further investigation of the feasibility of contingent valuation in informal caregivers

Health Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 755-771

  De Meijer, Claudine ^a   Brouwer, Werner ^a   Koopmanschap, Marc ^a   Van Den Berg, Bernard ^b   Van Exel, Job ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Informal care; Willingness to accept; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTINGENT VALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953546662     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1513     Document Type: Article

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