Getting used to it: The adaptive global utility model

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 811-820

  Bradford, W David ^a   Dolan, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Behavioral economics; Utility maximization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; SATISFACTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; MODELS, ECONOMIC;

EID: 77958156548     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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