The Intersection of Behavioral Economics and the General Medicine Literature

Kathryn L. Reed; Erin M. Harvey; Cassandra J. Everly

doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2021.06.041

The Intersection of Behavioral Economics and the General Medicine Literature

Kathryn L. Reed, Erin M. Harvey, Cassandra J. Everly

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Abstract

Judgment and decision-making influence health-related behavior and clinical decision-making and, ultimately, health. It has been estimated that more than half of health disorders derive from behavioral consequences of unhealthy choices. We considered the question of how to better understand and improve decision-making in health and medicine through a narrative review of use and examples of concepts from Behavioral Economics, a field of study that combines insights from behavioral science and economic decision-making, in the 3 highest-impact general medicine journals.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1350-1356.e2
Journal	American Journal of Medicine
Volume	134
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2021.06.041
State	Published - Nov 2021

Keywords

Behavioral Economics
Biases
Choice architecture
Decision-making
Heuristics
Judgment

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General Medicine

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