Which patients do i treat? An experimental study with economists and physicians

Health Economics Review

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Ahlert, Marlies ^a   Felder, Stefan ^b,c   Vogt, Bodo ^d  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allocation of medical resources; Experimental economics; Individual choices; Principles of distribution; Social orientation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIST; EGALITARIANISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL FEE; MONEY; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFIT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REWARD; SOCIAL STATUS; UTILITARIANISM; WELFARE;

EID: 84971333779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21911991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2191-1991-2-1     Document Type: Article

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