Social time preferences for health and money elicited with a choice experiment

Value in Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 368-374

  Meerding, Willem Jan ^a   Bonsel, Gouke J ^a,b   Brouwer, Werner B F ^a   Stuifbergen, Marja C ^a   Essink Bot, Marie Louise ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

decision tasks; discounting; public choice; social time preference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MONEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TITRIMETRY; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NOISE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NETHERLANDS; NOISE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954302836     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2009.00681.x     Document Type: Article

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