Constantly Proving The Opposite? A test of CPTO using a broad time horizon and correcting for discounting

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-34

  Attema, Arthur E ^a   Brouwer, Werner B F ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Constant proportional trade off; Discounting; QALY model; Time trade off method

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858832149     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-9917-4     Document Type: Article

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