Validity of standard gamble utilities as measured by transplant readiness in lung transplant candidates

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 435-440

  Singer, Lianne G ^a,b,d   Theodore, James ^c   Gould, Michael K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lung transplantation; Quality of life; Standard gamble; Utility assessment; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION THEORY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STANDARD GAMBLE UTILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0141455251     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X03258421     Document Type: Article

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