## Abstract We use a simple lifetime utility maximization model to study the problem of medical resource allocation. This model leads to a welfare specification with a QALY (quality‐adjusted life‐year) component that captures an individual's preferences over both life expectancy and health status.
Measurement error bias in pharmaceutical cost-effectiveness analysis
✍ Scribed by Ian C. Marschner
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 145 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1524-1904
- DOI
- 10.1002/asmb.644
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