Benefits of preventing a death associated with child maltreatment: Evidence from willingness-to-pay survey data

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 487-490

  Corso, Phaedra S ^a   Fang, Xiangming ^a   Mercy, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GEORGIA; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 79951664984     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.196584     Document Type: Article

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