Which health conditions cause the most unhappiness?

Health Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1431-1447

  Graham, Carol ^a,b   Higuera, Lucas ^b   Lora, Eduardo ^c  

^a BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Happiness; Health; Valuing health conditions

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANXIETY; HAPPINESS; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INCOME; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 80051927817     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1682     Document Type: Review

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