Unpaid time represents a potentially significant input into the health production function. The paper sets out the basis for valuation of time inputs consistent with the notion of opportunity cost. Such analysis requires consideration of whether time displaced in the production of health involves lo
Economic evaluation of health interventions: the opportunity cost of not evaluating
β Scribed by Jaume Puig-Junoy; Juan Oliva
- Book ID
- 119648526
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- Spanish
- Weight
- 83 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 2173-5743
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