Transitivity in health utility measurement: An experimental analysis

Health Economics Review

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-4

  Schmidt, Ulrich ^a,b   Stolpe, Michael ^a  

^a KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Errors; Health utility; Transitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH UTILITY MEASUREMENT; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TRANSITIVITY;

EID: 84971280809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21911991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2191-1991-1-12     Document Type: Article

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