Valuing health: A brief report on subjective well-being versus preferences

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 578-582

  Dolan, Paul ^a   Metcalfe, Robert ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b MERTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 84864274582     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X11435173     Document Type: Article

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