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Mazur DJ; Merz JF;
How the manner of presentation of data influences older patients in determining their treatment preferences.
Journal of the American Geriatric Society 1993;
41(3): 223-8. A study of 166 consecutive patients in a university-based VA medical center were shown five pairs of 5-year survival curves for 2 alternative treatments, one with better short-term than long term survival, with varying short-term survival probability through the five pairs, and one with better long-term than short-term survival, held constant. The age, education level, and order in which the pairs were shown, either with increasing or decreasing chance of short-term survival, were shown to be factors in the decision for the short-term therapy. Patients under 65 and who were better educated were less likely to choose the therapy associated with a greater chance of short-term than long-term survival. [Source: SOTA]
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