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The `effectiveness revolution' both in research and clinical practice, has tested available methods for health services research to the extreme. How far can observational methods, routine data and qualitative methods be used in health care evaluation? What cost and outcome measures are appropriate, and how should data be gathered? With the support of over two million pounds from the British Health Technology Assessment Research Programme, the research project for this Handbook has led to both a synthesis of all of the existing knowledge in these areas and an agenda for future debate and research. The chapters and their authors have been selected through a careful process of peer review and provide a coher
Eliciting Time Preferences for Health
Eliciting Time Preferences for Health
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This chapter reviews the stated preference approach to the elicitation of inter-temporal preferences for future health events and presents an outline of a project to establish the nature of individual preferences. Research in this area is important for two reasons: (i) discounting practices often play a central role in determining the relative cost-effectiveness of different interventions; and (ii) an understanding of how individuals view future costs and benefits is valuable with respect to the design of policies for the promotion of health. Despite the growing number of empirical studies, there is a need for further research to add to the understanding of time preferences and ultimately to lead to better informed decision-making with respect ...
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