Framing health messages based on anomalies in time preference

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

  Ortendahl, Monica ^a,b   Fries, James F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anomalies; Discounted utility; Framing; Health; Time

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH; MEDICAL INFORMATION; RESEARCH; REVIEW; TIME;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE; HEALTH; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCERTAINTY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 24044533219     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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