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| Relationship between age and patients' current health state preferences | | Author(s) | Cathy Donald Sherbourne, Emmett Keeler, Jürgen Unützer |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 39, no 3, June 1999 |
| Pages | pp 271-278 |
| Keywords | Quality of life ; Health [elderly] ; Attitude ; Older people ; Adults ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Little is known about how health preferences vary as people age. This study explored age differences in preferences for current health states, which is one way to measure trade-offs between "quantity of life" and the "quality" of those health states. Data were drawn from 17,707 adult outpatients visiting 46 primary care, managed care practices. Patient preferences (utility) for their current health were assessed by standard gamble and time trade-off methods. Although older primary care patients' utility measurements for their current health were lower than other patient groups, most of the difference in value measurements was attributable to differences in health. The study concluded that health providers should take care to assess individual preferences from all patients regardless of age. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990826288 A |
| Classmark | F:59: CC: DP: B: SD: 7T |
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