Discounting future health benefits: The poverty of consistency arguments

Health Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-26

  Nord, Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

consistency argument; discounting; health benefits; Keeler Cretin paradox; time preference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COST OF ILLNESS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; INSURANCE BENEFITS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC;

EID: 78650278480     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1687     Document Type: Article

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