Patient, physician, and payer perceptions and misperceptions of willingness to pay for diagnostic certainty

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-49

  Hirth, Richard A ^a   Bloom, Bernard S ^b   Chernew, Michael E ^a   Fendrick, A Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Diagnostic test; Gastroesophageal; Managed care programs; Peptic ulcer; Reflux; Routine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PEPTIC ULCER; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PEPTIC ULCER; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0034026613     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462300016147     Document Type: Article

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