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Comparison of the rating scale and the standard gamble in measuring patient preferences for outcomes of gallstone disease.
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To estimate patient preferences for gallstone-related treatments and outcomes, and assess how preferences vary by patient characteristics and scaling technique, the authors randomly assigned 40 patients without gallstones to interviews based on a rating scale (n = 22) and a standard gamble (n = 18). The patients assigned preference values (possible values 0 to 1) to open cholecystectomy (mean 0.45 by rating scale, 0.78 by standard gamble), laparoscopic cholecystectomy (0.71, 0.91), extracorpo...
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- Journal:
- Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
- Volume:
- 14
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 307-314
- Publication date:
- 1994-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1552-681X
- ISSN:
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0272-989X
- Source identifiers:
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359139
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- English
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pubs:359139
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- pubs:359139
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- 1994
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