Watchfully waiting: Medical intervention as an optimal investment decision

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 349-358

  Meyer, Elisabeth ^a   Rees, Ray ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Medical decision making; Real options; Watchfully waiting

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOTION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; STOCHASTICITY;

ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT MONITORING; STOCHASTIC MODEL; WATCHFUL WAITING;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84858140891     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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