Time preference, the discounted utility model and health
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Time preference, the discounted utility model and health.
The constant rate discounted utility model is commonly used to represent intertemporal preferences in health care program evaluations. This paper examines the appropriateness of this model, and argues that the model fails both normatively and descriptively as a representation of individual intertemporal preferences for health outcomes. Variable rate discounted utility models are more flexible, ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Health Economics
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0167-6296
DOI: 10.1016/0167-6296(95)00031-3