Variations in Risk Attitude across Race, Gender, and Education

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 511-517

  Rosen, Allison B ^a   Tsai, Jerry S ^b   Downs, Stephen M ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gender; Race; Risk attitude; Risk aversion; Socioeconomic disparities; Utility assessment

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RACE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0344926419     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X03258431     Document Type: Review

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