Incorporation of Concerns for Fairness in Economic Evaluation of Health Programs: Overview

Encyclopedia of Health Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 27-34

  Cookson, R ^a   Griffin, S ^a   Nord, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cost value; Discrete choice; Economic evaluation; Equality; Equity; Equity check list; Equity weights; Fair innings; Fairness; Health care; Multi criteria decision analysis; Opportunity cost approach; Person trade off; Public health; Social welfare function

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013679570     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-375678-7.00507-1     Document Type: Chapter

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