Are more options always better? The attraction effect in physicians' decisions about medications

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 315-323

  Schwartz, Janet A ^a   Chapman, Gretchen B ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attraction effect; Consumer choice; Decision making; Physicians' decisions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONSUMER; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG UTILIZATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRESCRIPTION; RESIDENT;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SINUSITIS; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0032993483     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9901900310     Document Type: Article

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