Preferences for Health Outcomes: Comparison of Assessment Methods

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1984, Pages 315-329

  Read, J Leighton ^a   Quinn, Robert J ^a   Berwick, Donald M ^a   Fineberg, Harvey V ^a   Weinstein, Milton C ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATALITY; HEART; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0021703009     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X8400400307     Document Type: Article

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