The Relationship Between Universal Health Outcome Priorities and Willingness to Take Medication for Primary Prevention of Myocardial Infarction

摘要

OBJECTIVESPatients with multiple medical conditions face many treatment decisions involving tradeoffs between benefits and harms of medications. Asking patients about their priorities regarding universal health outcomes that are common across different conditions could simplify this process. However, it is not known how well universal health outcome priorities represent patients’ preferences in specific clinical situations.