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Analysing risk attitudes to time
Health Economics, 05/12/09
Oliver A et al. - The results indicate considerable risk aversion over life years, and therefore call into question the standard assumption of risk neutrality in practical cost-utility analyses (CUA). A secondary objective is to observe whether risk aversion can be reduced through the use of the lottery equivalents method, under the hypothesis that the gambling effect can be lessened with this instrument. In a separate convenience sample of 40 respondents, however, the observed level of risk aversion was at least that seen in the standard gamble.
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