Preference for equity as a framing effect

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 180-189

  Ubel, Peter A ^a,b   Baron, Jonathan ^c   Asch, David A ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity; Framing effect; Public attitudes; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAID; PATIENT ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PHILADELPHIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035008376     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02729890122062479     Document Type: Article

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