Risk Preference and Laboratory Use

Stephen D. Nightingale

Medical Decision Making, 1987, vol. 7, issue 3, 168-172

Abstract: One hundred thirty-seven physicians were asked to choose between a certain loss of five years of life expectancy and a 50/50 gamble of losing either ten years or zero years of life expectancy. These choices were presented as hypothetical options for a patient with cancer. The 46 who chose the certain loss ordered 23% fewer laboratory tests/patient visit in our General Medicine Clinic over an eight-week period than those who chose the gamble (p

Keywords: Key words: risk preference; laboratory use. (Med Decis Making 7:168-173; 1987) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1987
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