Q-ing for health - A new approach to eliciting the public's views on health care resource allocation

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 283-297

  Baker, Rachel ^a   Wildman, John ^b   Mason, Helen ^a   Donaldson, Cam ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

distributional justice; equity; Q methodology; QALYs; social values; societal preferences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894288613     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2914     Document Type: Article

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