The utility of health and wealth

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 379-392

  Levy, Moshe ^a   Nir, Adi Rizansky ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Health; Logarithmic preference; Utility; Wealth

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DIABETES; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; COLON CANCER; DIABETIC PATIENT; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84858954710     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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