Public attitudes towards pricing policies to change health-related behaviours: A UK focus group study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1058-1064

  Somerville, Claire ^a   Marteau, Theresa M ^b   Kinmonth, Ann Louise ^b   Cohn, Simon ^c  

^a GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; COST; DIET; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC OPINION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAX; TRUST; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIET; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAXES; TRUST; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84942451646     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv077     Document Type: Article

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