Objective: Medical over-and underutilization are central problems that stand in the way of
delivering optimal health care. As a result, one important question is how people decide to …

Purpose. People vary in their general preferences for more v. less health care, and the
validated Medical Maximizing-Minimizing Scale (MMS) reliably measures this orientation …

The 10-item validated Medical Maximizer-Minimizer Scale (MMS-10) assesses patients'
preferences for aggressive v. more passive approaches to health care. However, because …

The objectives of this study were (1) to develop a scale to measure patient preferences for
using medical care,(2) to assess the reliability and validity of the scale, and (3) to examine …

This study examined the relationship between health utility and psychometric health status
measures. Utility scores derived by standard gamble and categorical rating methods were …

Objective To explore whether and to what extent people wish to give differential priority
when asked to choose between providing health care treatment for different individuals or …

OBJECTIVE: This study estimates the relative value to patients of physical, mental, and
social health when making treatment decisions. Despite recommendations to use patient …

Background. If shape of a person's utility function is associated with his health status, as is
predicted by Prospect Theory, the use of utilities from the healthy could result in'de …

Quality of life is at once a simple yet very complex paradigm, with philosophers, sociologists,
psychologists, economists, theologians, clinicians, and lay persons all having different …

Seventy-two physicians working in a university hospital in The Netherlands were
interviewed to clarify their decision-making process when choosing drugs of preference …