Value of information on preference heterogeneity and individualized care

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 112-127

  Basu, Anirban ^a   Meltzer, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Individualization of care; Preferences; Prostate cancer; Quality of life; Value of information

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT CARE; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AGED; BAYES THEOREM; COMMUNICATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 34147098358     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X06297393     Document Type: Article

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