The contigent valuation method in health care
an economic evaluation of Alzheimer´s disease
- ISBN: 9781402077180
- Editorial: Kluwer Academic Publishes Group
- Fecha de la edición: 2003
- Lugar de la edición: Dordrecht. None
- Colección: Developements in Health and Public Policy
- Encuadernación: Cartoné
- Medidas: 24 cm
- Nº Pág.: 116
- Idiomas: Inglés
The Contingent Valuation Method in Health Care is offered as a contribution to improving instruments of political decision making in health care. At a fundamental level, it is about methodological aspects of the contingent valuation method. It gives a holistic view of applying the contingent valuation method for use in policy. It shows all stages of a contingent valuation study beginning with the design, the choice of elicitation techniques and estimation methods for willingness-to-pay, the use of the results in a cost-benefit analysis, and finally, the policy implications resulting from our findings