The role of regret minimisation in lifestyle choices affecting the risk of coronary heart disease

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 253-260

  Boeri, Marco ^a   Longo, Alberto ^a   Grisolía, José M ^b   Hutchinson, W George ^a   Kee, Frank ^a,c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural economics; Coronary heart disease risk; Dietary choices; Physical activity; Random Regret Minimisation; Random Utility Maximisation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH RISK; LIFESTYLE; MODEL TEST; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; HEALTH IMPACT; MODELING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOM REGRET MINIMISATION; RANDOM UTILITY MAXIMISATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; CORONARY DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; CORONARY RISK; EXERCISE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; INCOME; IRELAND; RANDOM REGRET MINIMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; IRELAND;

ADULT; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CORONARY DISEASE; DIET; ECONOMICS, BEHAVIORAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NORTHERN IRELAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84873729650     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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