Should the Value of Future Health Benefits Be Time-Discounted?

Prevention vs. Treatment: What's the Right Balance?

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Menzel, Paul T ^a  

^a PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discounting; Health benefits; Individual utility; Monetary value of life; Prevention; Social value; Time preference; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066726143     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199837373.003.0011     Document Type: Chapter

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