Proportional heuristics in time tradeoff and conjoint measurement

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-44

  Stalmeier, Peep F M ^a,c   Bezembinder, Thom G G ^a   Unic, Ivana J ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

compatibility effect; conjoint measurement; preference reversals; QALY; utility assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH STATUS; LINEAR SYSTEM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MASTECTOMY; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030047129     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9601600111     Document Type: Article

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