Understanding Patients' Preferences for Referrals to Specialists for an Asymptomatic Condition

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 691-702

  Dunlea, Robert ^a   Lenert, Leslie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

conjoint analysis; health services research; patient preferences; patient referral

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938818678     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X14566640     Document Type: Article

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