Patients' utilities for cancer treatments: A study of the chained procedure for the standard gamble and time tradeoff

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 391-399

  Jansen, Sylvia J T ^a   Stiggelbout, Anne M ^b   Wakker, Peter P ^b   Vlieland, Thea P M ^b   Leer, Jan Willem H ^b   Nooy, Marianne A ^b   Kievit, Job ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chemotherapy; Radiotherapy; Standard gamble; Time tradeoff; Utility assessment

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 0031714099     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9801800406     Document Type: Article

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