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More Evidence of the Plateau Effect

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  • Jose-Luis Pinto-Prades
  • Angel Lopez-Nicolás

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The purpose of this study was to test the existence of the plateau effect at the social level. The authors tried to confirm the preliminary conclusion that people may not be willing to trade off any longevity to improve the health state of a large number of people if the health states are mild enough. They tested this assumption using the person- tradeoff technique. They also used a parametric approach and a nonparametric ap proach to study the relationship between individual and social values. Results show the existence of the plateau effect in the context of resource allocation. Furthermore, with the nonparametric approach, a plateau effect in the middle part of the scale was also observed, suggesting that social preference may not be directly predicted from individual utilities. The authors caution against the possible framing effects that may be present in these kinds of questions. Key words: person tradeoffs; social prefer ences ; utility assessments; plateau effect. (Med Decis Making 1998;18:287-294)

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  • Jose-Luis Pinto-Prades & Angel Lopez-Nicolás, 1998. "More Evidence of the Plateau Effect," Medical Decision Making, , vol. 18(3), pages 287-294, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:medema:v:18:y:1998:i:3:p:287-294
    DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9801800306
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