Subjective numeracy and preference to stay with the status quo

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 6-11

  Fraenkel, Liana ^a   Cunningham, Meaghan ^b   Peters, Ellen ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; decision making; numeracy; status quo bias

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84919474592     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X14532531     Document Type: Article

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