Accounting for attribute-level non-attendance in a health choice experiment: Does it matter?

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 773-789

  Erdem, Seda ^a   Campbell, Danny ^a   Hole, Arne Risa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attribute non attendance; attribute level non attendance; discrete mixture logit; discrete choice experiments; health service innovations

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; ATTRIBUTE LEVEL NON ATTENDANCE MODEL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABILITY; DRUG CHOICE; FAMILY RELATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENTAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION;

EID: 84930330447     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3059     Document Type: Article

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