The value of correcting values: Influence and importance of correcting TTO scores for time preference

Value in Health

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 879-884

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

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

correction factor; economic evaluation; time preference; time tradeoff method

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; TIME;

EID: 78650090411     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2010.00773.x     Document Type: Article

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