We Don't Always Appreciate the Effect Some of the Words

question 9

Essay

We don't always appreciate the effect some of the words and terminology we use every day in healthcare might have for service users. What messages or impact might some phrases and terms have?

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Definitions:

Payoff Table

A tabular representation of the possible outcomes or payoffs in a decision-making problem, against various decisions under different states of nature.

State of Nature

In decision making and statistics, the actual but unknown condition affecting outcomes or probabilities.

Monetary Values

The value of an object, service, or resource expressed in terms of money or currency.

Opportunity Loss Table

A table used in decision analysis that quantifies the difference between the payoff from the best action and all other actions for each state of nature.