RECONSIDERING THE USE OF RANKINGS IN THE VALUATION OF HEALTH STATES: A MODEL FOR ESTIMATING CARDINAL VALUES FROM ORDINAL DATA

Reconsidering the use of rankings in the valuation of health states: a model for estimating cardinal values from ordinal data

Abstract Background In survey studies on health-state valuations, ordinal ranking exercises often are used as precursors to other elicitation methods such as the time trade-off (TTO) or standard gamble, but the ranking data have not been used in deriving cardinal valuations.This study reconsiders the role of ordinal ranks in valuing health and intr

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Psychosocial Risk Factors, Burnout and Hardy Personality as Variables Associated With Mental Health in Police Officers

Among the variables associated with occupational stress, two of the most studied are the adverse perceptions of psychosocial risk factors in the workplace and burnout.With the rise of positive psychology, other variables of the individual type, such as hardy personality have also been the subject of study.No studies Dog Whistles have been found tha

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