Eliciting women's preferences in health care: A review of the literature

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-155

  Sampietro Colom, Laura ^a   Phillips, Victoria L ^b   Hutchinson, Angela B ^c  

^a CAHTA   (Spain)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Methods; Participation; Preferences; Women

Indexed keywords

CONTIGENT VALUATION; TIME TRADE OFF (TTO);

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DISEASES; PATIENT TREATMENT; PUBLIC POLICY;

HEALTH CARE;

CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POLICY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 2542506601     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462304000923     Document Type: Review

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