Understanding the impact of economic evidence on clinical decision making: A discrete choice experiment in cardiology

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1536-1543

  Torbica, Aleksandra ^a   Fattore, Giovanni ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiology; Clinical decision making; Cost effectiveness analysis; Discrete choice experiment; Italy

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HETEROGENEITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

ITALY;

EID: 77951652481     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.12.030     Document Type: Article

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