Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Littleton
Stephanie T. Weiss
Stephanie T. Weiss
Translational Addiction Medicine Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland
Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
ImportanceA loophole in US gun policy is that people can purchase guns from private sellers without going through any background check. Some states have addressed this loophole by requiring universal background checks for all gun sales, either at the point of sale or through a permit system; however, most studies on the effectiveness of universal background checks have not analyzed these 2 policy ...
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Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Eldar Shafir
Eldar Shafir
Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Importance
A goal of health care is to reduce symptoms and improve health status, whereas continuing dubious treatments can contribute to complacency, discourage the search for alternatives, and lead to shortfalls in care.
Objective
To test a potential bias in intuitive reasoning following a marginal improvement in symptoms after a dubious treatment (post hoc bias).Design, Setting, and Particip...
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