Discounting health and cost-effectiveness analysis: A response to Nord

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 878-882

  Hammitt, James K ^a,b  

^a HARVARD CENTER FOR RISK ANALYSIS   (United States)

^b TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness analysis; Discount rate

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOTE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT;

INSURANCE BENEFITS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC;

EID: 84861994552     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1782     Document Type: Note

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