Population-based time preferences for future health outcomes

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 263-270

  Ganiats, Theodore G ^b   Carson, Richard T ^c   Hamm, Robert M ^c   Cantor, Scott B ^a   Sumner, Walton ^c   Spann, Stephen J ^a   Hagen, Michael D ^c   Miller, Christopher ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Attitude to health; Models; Outcome assessment (health care); Psychological; Time factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033941429     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X0002000302     Document Type: Article

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