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Danish GPs' perception of disease risk and benefit of prevention

Author(s) -

Jørgen Nexøe

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

family practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.955

H-Index - 100

eISSN - 1460-2229

pISSN - 0263-2136

DOI - 10.1093/fampra/19.1.3

Subject(s) - medicine , danish , psychological intervention , risk perception , perception , health care , disease , relative risk , health risk , risk assessment , environmental health , nursing , confidence interval , philosophy , linguistics , computer security , pathology , neuroscience , computer science , economics , biology , economic growth

Uncertainty and risk are central issues in relation to health and health care services. Healthy individuals do not necessarily fall ill, despite the presence of risk factors. It has been documented that doctors, health service administrators and patients are more inclined to choose interventions against risk factors when information about the effects is presented in terms of relative risk reductions rather than absolute risk reductions.

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