Do nonpatients underestimate the quality of life associated with chronic health conditions because of a focusing illusion?

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 190-199

  Ubel, Peter A ^a,b   Loewenstein, George ^c   Hershey, John ^d,e   Baron, Jonathan ^d   Mohr, Tara ^d   Asch, David A ^a,d   Jepson, Christopher ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

General public survey; Quality of life measurement; Utility measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BLINDNESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLINDNESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PHILADELPHIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0035007950     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02729890122062488     Document Type: Article

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