How you ask is what you get: Framing effects in willingness-to-pay for a QALY

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue , 2016, Pages 40-48

  Ahlert, Marlies ^a   Breyer, Friedrich ^b   Schwettmann, Lars ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

EuroVaQ; Germany; QALY; Survey design; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SURVEY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEY DESIGN; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EUROPE; FRAMING BIAS; GERMAN (CITIZEN); GERMANY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PALESTINE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE; STUDY DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE COST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRENDS;

GERMANY;

COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; GERMANY; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84951777169     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.11.055     Document Type: Article

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