Physicians on National Health Insurance
An Annals of Internal Medicine survey sheds some light on physicians opinions regarding universal health care. Overall 59% of physicians support national health insurance and 32% oppose it. Support for...
View ArticleHelp advance the science of economics and win a $25 Amazon gift card
Daniel Wiesen and Jason Shafrin ask you to participate in an economic survey. By completing the survey, you will help advance the science of economics. Further, if you complete the survey by March...
View ArticleAmerican Views on HIV/AIDS
A survey by the Washington Post and Kaiser Family Foundation revealed the following regarding Americans opinions on HIV and AIDS: 45 percent say they would be “very comfortable” in having their child...
View ArticlePhARMA’s reputation
The pharma industry’s reputation is getting worse. Pharmafile reports that “35.4% said that multinational pharma companies had either an ‘excellent’ or ‘good’ reputation in 2013. While this is about...
View ArticleWhat is attribute non-attendance?
In discrete choice experiments (DCEs), respondents are asked to choose amoung different options which vary across different attributes. For instance, a DCE on mobile phone preferences could have...
View ArticleHow do patients choose their physician?
What matters to patients when choosing a physician? Expertise? Bedside manner? Previous relationship with the physician? To answer this question, a paper by Groenewoud et al. (2015) conducts a...
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