Sick but satisfied: The impact of life and health satisfaction on choice between health scenarios

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 708-714

  Dolan, Paul ^a   Kavetsos, Georgios ^a   Tsuchiya, Aki ^b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EQ 5D; Health valuation; Life satisfaction

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; VALUATION;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIFESPAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84877809872     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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