Descriptive validity of alternative intertemporal models for health outcomes: An axiomatic test

Health Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 770-782

  Van Der Pol, Marjon ^a   John, Cairns ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health; Hyperbolic discounting; Intertemporal preferences; Stationarity

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE INTERTEMPORAL MODEL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AXIOMATIC TEST; COLLEGE STUDENT; DISCOUNTED UTILITY MODEL; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; GENERALIZED MODEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI HYPERBOLIC MODEL; STATIONARITY; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953734666     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1628     Document Type: Article

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