Behavioral economic insights into physician tobacco treatment decision-making

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 364-369

  Leone, Frank T ^a,b   Evers Casey, Sarah ^b   Graden, Sarah ^b   Schnoll, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b 4 Penn Ctr   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Cognitive bias; Physician education; Prospect theory; Tobacco dependence treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; COGNITIVE BIAS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTINGENT VALUATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FACE VALIDITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECT THEORY; PULMONOLOGIST; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TOBACCO USE; AGED; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

AGED; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS, BEHAVIORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 84926068957     PISSN: 23296933     EISSN: 23256621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201410-467BC     Document Type: Article

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