TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Treatment choices by seriously ill patients: the Health Stock Risk Adjustment model
JO  - Medical decision making
A1  - Gaskin, D. J.
A1  - Kong, J.
A1  - Meropol, N. J.
A1  - Yabroff, K. Robin
A1  - Weaver, C.
A1  - Schulman, K. A.
SP  - 84
EP  - 94
VL  - 18
IS  - 1
N2  - Anecdotal evidence suggests that patients who have life-threatening conditions often choose to undergo high-cost, high-risk treatments for them. This kind of risk-seeking behavior seems irrational because most patients are risk-averse. The Health Stock Risk Adjustment (HSRA) model seeks to explain this phenomenon. The model is based on the concept of relative health stock--the ratio of patients' expected quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) after a diagnosis to their expected QALYs before the diagnosis. The model predicts risk-averse patients will behave in a risk-seeking manner as their relative health stocks deteriorate. The HSRA model can help physicians better understand why some seriously ill patients seek high-risk treatments while others elect to forgo treatment. State legislatures and insurers are attempting to appropriately design insurance benefits for patients with life-threatening conditions. The HSRA model can help predict which patients will most likely take advantage of these benefits.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0272-989X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -