George Van Houtven

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Affiliation: RTI International
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Valuing avoided morbidity using meta-regression analysis: what can health status measures and QALYs tell us about WTP?
    George Van Houtven
    RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
    Health Econ 15:775-95. 2006
  2. ncbi Methods for the meta-analysis of willingness-to-pay data: an overview
    George Van Houtven
    RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USADepartment of Economics, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
    Pharmacoeconomics 26:901-10. 2008
  3. ncbi Rates and costs of respiratory illness in coal mining: a cross-industry comparative analysis
    George Van Houtven
    RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
    J Occup Environ Med 52:610-7. 2010
  4. ncbi Multiple sclerosis patients' benefit-risk preferences: serious adverse event risks versus treatment efficacy
    F Reed Johnson
    Research Triangle Institute, 3040 Cornwallis Drive, 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 2194, USA
    J Neurol 256:554-62. 2009
  5. ncbi Eliciting benefit-risk preferences and probability-weighted utility using choice-format conjoint analysis
    George Van Houtven
    Research Triangle Institute, SSES Environmental, Technology, and Energy Economics, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
    Med Decis Making 31:469-80. 2011
  6. ncbi Private demand for a HIV/AIDS vaccine: evidence from Guadalajara, Mexico
    Dale Whittington
    School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599 7400, USA
    Vaccine 20:2585-91. 2002

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Publications6

  1. ncbi Valuing avoided morbidity using meta-regression analysis: what can health status measures and QALYs tell us about WTP?
    George Van Houtven
    RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
    Health Econ 15:775-95. 2006
    ..By specifying the change in duration and severity of the acute illness and the characteristics of the affected population, we apply the regression functions to predict average WTP per case avoided...
  2. ncbi Methods for the meta-analysis of willingness-to-pay data: an overview
    George Van Houtven
    RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USADepartment of Economics, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
    Pharmacoeconomics 26:901-10. 2008
    ..This article discusses what this role implies for how meta-analysis is conducted and how the results are reported...
  3. ncbi Rates and costs of respiratory illness in coal mining: a cross-industry comparative analysis
    George Van Houtven
    RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
    J Occup Environ Med 52:610-7. 2010
    ..To estimate the prevalence and costs of respiratory illness for workers in coal mining, compared with other US industries...
  4. ncbi Multiple sclerosis patients' benefit-risk preferences: serious adverse event risks versus treatment efficacy
    F Reed Johnson
    Research Triangle Institute, 3040 Cornwallis Drive, 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 2194, USA
    J Neurol 256:554-62. 2009
    ..The aim of this study is to estimate the willingness of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients to accept life-threatening adverse event risks in exchange for improvements in their MS related health outcomes...
  5. ncbi Eliciting benefit-risk preferences and probability-weighted utility using choice-format conjoint analysis
    George Van Houtven
    Research Triangle Institute, SSES Environmental, Technology, and Energy Economics, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
    Med Decis Making 31:469-80. 2011
    ..6% to 7.1%. Our results provide further the evidence that quantitative benefit-risk analysis used to evaluate medical interventions should account explicitly for the nonlinear probability weighting of preferences...
  6. ncbi Private demand for a HIV/AIDS vaccine: evidence from Guadalajara, Mexico
    Dale Whittington
    School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599 7400, USA
    Vaccine 20:2585-91. 2002
    ..These findings have important implications both for the level of R&D effort that is devoted to a vaccine and, assuming these efforts are successful, for future policies to make the vaccine available to the public...