THE MEASURE OF ECONOMIC WELL-BEING IN MEDICINE

Patrizia Belfiore, Maria Caterina Maietta, Francesca Caso

Abstract


The concept of well-being is often used interchangeably with concepts such as happiness or social well-being, although some scholars have found differences. The purpose of this review is to identify the economic peculiarities of well-being. To this end, the various strategies of the last 10 years have been analyzed, relying on approaches capable of providing positive results in terms of social well-being and economic return.


Keywords


Well-being, review, economic evalutation

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.32043/gsd.v6i1s.495

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