Using discrete choice experiments to value informal care tasks: Exploring preference heterogeneity

Health Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 930-944

  Mentzakis, Emmanouil ^a   Ryan, Mandy ^b   McNamee, Paul ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

discrete choice experiments; informal care; latent class model; valuation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; COMPENSATION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRETE CHOICE EXPERIMENT METHODOLOGY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FORMAL CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFORMAL CARE; LATENT CLASS MODEL; METHODOLOGY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

EID: 79959972234     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1656     Document Type: Article

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