Putting different price tags on the same health condition: Re-evaluating the well-being valuation approach

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1032-1043

  Powdthavee, Nattavudh ^a   van den Berg, Bernard ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compensation variations; Happiness; Health; Monetary valuations; Well being

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; PRICE DYNAMICS; VALUATION;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; COMMERCE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POLICY MAKING; QUALITY OF LIFE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80052856289     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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