Framing and labelling effects in health descriptions: Quality adjusted life years for treatment of breast cancer

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 77-84

  Gerard, Karen ^a   Dobson, Matthew ^b   Hall, Jane ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Economic evaluation; Framing and labelling effects; Mammography screening; Outcomes; Quality adjusted life years (QALYs)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY, RADICAL; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TERMINOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 0027450184     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(93)90011-O     Document Type: Article

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