An instrument for measuring the social willingness to pay for health state improvement

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 792-805

  Richardson, Jeff ^a   Iezzi, Angelo ^a   Sinha, Kompal ^a   Khan, Munir A ^a   McKie, John ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cost utility analysis; economic evaluation; measurement; QALYs; social value

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VALIDITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84902014126     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2950     Document Type: Article

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