Sato, Azusa and Costa-i-Font, Joan (2012) The hedonic placebo effect of traditional medicines. LSE Health working papers, 28. LSE Health, London, UK.
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Abstract
To date, the scientific evidence on traditional medicines is scant and under-developed, yet, paradoxically individuals continue to use it and claim high satisfaction levels. What can explain this effect? Using self-collected data from Ghana we argue that variations in satisfaction across individuals can be attributed to the hedonic placebo effect gained from using traditional medicines, in which processes involved with its consumption are as important, if not more important, than measures of self-reported health outcome. Findings suggest that individuals’ health seeking behaviour should be evaluated using procedural, as well as outcome, utility.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://www2.lse.ac.uk/LSEHealthAndSocialCare/publi... |
| Additional Information: | © 2012 The Authors |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | process utility, procedural utility, traditional medicine use, medicines, Ghana |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
| Sets: | Departments > Social Policy Research centres and groups > LSE Health |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm |
| Identification Number: | 28 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/43656/ |
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