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The role of education in complex health decisions: Evidence from cancer screening

Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
961853 Journal of Health Economics 2011 12 Pages PDF
Abstract
▶ More educated individuals respond more to objective risk in screening decisions. ▶ More educated individuals respond more to objective risk in subjective risk beliefs. ▶ More educated are less hostile to science based medicine. ▶ The findings support the allocative efficiency hypothesis.
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I10I12I20D83EducationHealthAllocative efficiency
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The role of education in complex health decisions: Evidence from cancer screening
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Fabian Lange,
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