The Zero-Condition: A Simplifying Assumption in QALY Measurement and Multiattribute Utility
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John M. Miyamoto j Peter P. Wakker j Han Bleichrodt j Hans J. M. Peters Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 Department of Medical Decision Making, LUMC 1 K6-R, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9600, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands iMTA, Erasmus University, P.O. Box 1738, Rotterdam, 3000 DR, The Netherlands Department of Quantitative Economics, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, Maastricht, 6200 MD, The Netherlands
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