A framework for including family health spillovers in economic evaluation

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 176-186

  Al Janabi, Hareth ^a   Van Exel, Job ^b   Brouwer, Werner ^b   Coast, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

economic evaluation; extra welfarism; family; informal care; spillovers

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY STUDY; FUNDING; HUMAN; CAREGIVER; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATIONS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC;

EID: 84952877704     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X15605094     Document Type: Article

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