On the (not so) constant proportional trade-off in TTO

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 489-497

  Attema, Arthur E ^a   Brouwer, Werner B F ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Constant proportional trade offs; QALY model; TTO method; Utility of life duration

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BACK PAIN; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956395111     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9605-9     Document Type: Article

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