Will insistence on practicing medicine according to expected utility theory lead to an increase in diagnostic testing? Reply to DeKay's commentary: Physicians' anticipated regret and diagnostic testing

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 320-322

  Hozo, Iztok ^a   Djulbegovic, Benjamin ^b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABLE REGRET THEORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXPECTED UTILITY THEORY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; THEORY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 67649203067     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X09334370     Document Type: Note

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