Losing sight of the wood for the trees: Some issues in describing and valuing health, and another possible approach

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1035-1049

  Dolan, Paul ^a   Lee, Henry ^b   Peasgood, Tessa ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH BELIEF; LIFE SATISFACTION; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 84867294438     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: 11792027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11593040-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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