Analysis of the validity of the vignette approach to correct for heterogeneity in reporting health system responsiveness

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-162

  Rice, Nigel ^a   Robone, Silvana ^a   Smith, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anchoring vignettes; Health system responsiveness; Hierarchical ordered probit model; Vignette equivalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH SYSTEM RESPONSIVENESS; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INCOME; LIFE SATISFACTION; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIGNETTE; VISUAL ACUITY; WORK DISABILITY;

COMMUNICATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79958116652     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: 16187601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-010-0235-5     Document Type: Article

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