Equivalent income and fair evaluation of health care

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 711-729

  Fleurbaey, Marc ^a   Luchini, Stéphane ^c   Muller, Christophe ^b   Schokkaert, Erik ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cost benefit analysis; cost effectiveness analysis; equivalent income; social welfare function; willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCOME; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL WELFARE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INCOME; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 84877581708     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2859     Document Type: Article

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