Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 4-6 , January 2008

Gender Bias in Economic Evaluation Methods: Quality of Life and Family Role Effects

  • Kevin D. Frick, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, Baltimore Maryland
    • Kevin D. Frick, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is an economic evaluation expert whose work focuses on nursing, ophthalmology, and family health issues.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Kevin D. Frick, PhD, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, 624 N. Broadway, Rm. 606, Baltimore MD 21205-1901; Phone: 1-410-614-4018; fax: 1-410-955-0470.
    • ,
  • Alison Snow Jones, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Dept of Social Sciences & Health Policy, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
    • Alison Snow Jones, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. She is an economist whose work focuses on women’s health, intimate partner violence, alcohol use, and economic evaluation.

Received 8 November 2007 ,Accepted 27 November 2007.

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PII: S1049-3867(07)00184-3

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2007.11.003

Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 4-6 , January 2008

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