Decision threshold models in medical decision making: a scoping literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Decision thresholds play important role in medical decision-making. Individual decision-making differences may be attributable to differences in subjective judgments or cognitive processes that are captured through the decision thresholds. This systematic scoping review sought to characterize the literature on non-expected utility decision thresholds in medical decision-making by identifying commonly used theoretical paradigms and contextual and subjective factors that inform decision thresholds.

Methods

A structured search designed around three concepts-individual decision-maker, decision threshold, and medical decision-was conducted in MEDLINE (Ovid) and Scopus databases from inception to July 2023. ProQuest (Dissertations and Theses) database was searched to Au

SUBMITTER: Scarffe A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11429414 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature