Peter Ubel, MD



Selected Publications:
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Why should changing the bathwater have to harm the baby?
Ubel PA, Smith DM. Quality of Life Research 2010;19(4):481-482.

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Does a helping hand mean a heavy heart? Helping behavior and well-being among spouse caregivers
Poulin M, Brown S, Ubel PA, Smith DM, Jankovic A, Langa K. Psychology and Aging 2010;25(1):108-117.

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Abandoning the language of "response shift": a plea for conceptual clarity in distinguishing scale recalibration from true changes in quality of life
Ubel PA, Peeters Y, Smith DM. Quality of Life Research 2010;19(4):465-471.

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Testing whether decision aids introduce cognitive biases: Results of a randomized trial
Ubel PA, Smith DM, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Derry HA, McClure JB, Stark AT, Wiese C, Greene SM, Jankovic A, Fagerlin A. Patient Education and Counseling 2009.

How bad is depression? Preference score estimates from depressed patients and the general population
Pyne JM, Fortney JC, Tripathi S, Feeny D, Ubel PA, Brazier J. Health Services Research 2009;44:1406-1423.

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Patient Comprehension of Emergency Department Care and Instructions: Are Patients Aware of When They Do Not Understand?
Engel KG, Heisler M, Smith DM, Robinson, CH, Forman, JH, Ubel PA. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2009;53(4):454-461.e15.

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Animal Madness
Ubel PA. Worth 2009;18:24.

Pruning the regulatory tree
Kim SY, Ubel PA, De Vries R. Nature 2009;457:534-535.

Free Market Madness
Ubel PA. Harvard Business Press 2009.

Can a moral reasoning exercise improve response quality to surveys of healthcare priorities?
Johri M, Damschroder LJ, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Kim SY, Ubel PA. Journal of Medical Ethics 2009;35(1):57-64.

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Improving understanding of adjuvant therapy options by using simpler risk graphics
Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Fagerlin A, Ubel PA. Cancer 2008;113(12):3382-3390.

Are they really that happy? Exploring scale recalibration in estimates of well-being
Lacey HP, Fagerlin A, Loewenstein G, Smith DM, Riis J, Ubel PA. Health Psychology 2008;27(6):669-675.

The impact of the format of graphical presentation on health-related knowledge and treatment choices
Hawley ST, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Ubel PA, Jankovic A, Lucas T, Fagerlin A. Patient Education and Counseling 2008;73(3):448-455.

Impact of the model for end-stage liver disease allocation policy on the use of high-risk organs for liver transplantation
Volk M, Lok AS, Pelletier SJ, Ubel PA, Hayward RA. Gastroenterology 2008;135(5):1568-74.

Communicating side effect risks in a tamoxifen prophylaxis decision aid: The debiasing influence of pictographs
Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Ubel PA, Smith DM, Derry HA, McClure JB, Stark AT, Pitsch R, Fagerlin A. Patient Education and Counseling 2008;73(2):209-214.

Beyond Utilitarianism: A method for analyzing competing ethical principles in a decision analysis of liver transplantation.
Volk M, Lok AS, Ubel PA, Vijan S. Medical Decision Making 2008;28(5):763-772.

Predicting parity as a prerequisite for cesarean delivery on maternal request: how often does a woman underestimate her final parity?
Keeton K, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Ubel PA, Fenner DE, Fagerlin A. Obstetrics and Gynecology 2008;112(2):285-289.

Screening experiments and fractional factorial designs in behavioral intervention research
Nair V, Strecher V, Fagerlin A, Ubel PA, Resnicow K, Murphy S, Little R, Chakraborty B, Zhang A. American Journal of Public Health 2008;98(8):1354-1359.

The accuracy of predicting parity as a prerequisite for cesarean delivery on maternal request
Keeton K, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Ubel PA, Fenner DE, Fagerlin A. Obstetrics and Gynecology 2008;112:285-289.

The effect of aesthetic outcome following breast conserving surgery on psychosocial functioning and quality of life.
Waljee JF, Hu ES, Ubel PA, Smith DM, Newman LA, Alderman AK. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2008;26(20):3331-7.

A gift of life: Ethical and practical problems with conditional and directed donation.
Volk M, Ubel PA. Transplantation 2008;85(11):1542-1544.

Pain & suffering awards: It shouldn't be (just) about pain & suffering.
Ubel PA, Loewenstein G. Journal of Legal Studies 2008;37(2):S195-216.

Considering adaptation in preference elicitations.
Damschroder LJ, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Kulpa JJ, Ubel PA. Health Psychology 2008;27(3):394-9.

Alternate methods of framing information about medication side effects: Incremental risk versus total risk of occurrence.
Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Fagerlin A, Roberts TR, Derry HA, Ubel PA. Journal of Health Communication 2008;13(2):107-124.

Are subjective well-being measures any better than decision utility measures?
Smith DM, Brown S, Ubel PA. Health Economics, Policy, & Law 2008;3(1):85-92.

Hedonic adaptation and the role of decision and experience utility in public policy.
Loewenstein G, Ubel PA. Journal of Political Economy 2008;92(8-9):1795-1810.

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"If I'm better than average, then I'm ok?": Comparative information influences beliefs about risk and benefits.
Fagerlin A, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Ubel PA. Patient Education and Counseling 2007;69:140-144.

Does labeling prenatal screening test results as negative or positive affect a woman's responses?
Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Fagerlin A, Keeton K, Ubel PA. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2007;197(5):528.e1-528.e6.

Mispredictions and misrecollections: Challenges for subjective outcome measurement.
Smith DM, Brown S, Ubel PA. Disability and Rehabilitation 2007;1:1-7.

Provider experience and attitudes toward family presence during resuscitation procedures.
Engel KG, Barnosky A, Berry-Bovia M, Desmond J, Ubel PA. Journal of Palliative Care 2007;10(5):1007-1009.

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Validation of the subjective numeracy scale (SNS): Effects of low numeracy on comprehension of risk communications and utility elicitations.
Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Smith DM, Ubel PA, Fagerlin A. Medical Decision Making 2007;27(5):663-671.

Measuring numeracy without a math test: development of the subjective numeracy scale (SNS).
Fagerlin A, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Ubel PA, Jankovic A, Derry HA, Smith DM. Medical Decision Making 2007;27(5):672-680.

Harnessing the power of default options to improve health care.
Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Asch DA. New England Journal of Medicine 2007;357:1340-1344.

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Making numbers matter: Present and future research in risk communication.
Fagerlin A, Ubel PA, Smith DM, Zikmund-Fisher BJ. American Journal of Health Behavior 2007;31(Suppl. 1):S47-S56.

Rethinking the objectives of decision aids: A call for conceptual clarity.
Nelson WL, Han PK, Fagerlin A, Stefanek M, Ubel PA. Medical Decision Making 2007;27:609-618.

Sensitivity to disgust, stigma, and adjustment to life with a colostomy
Smith DM, Loewenstein G, Rozin P, Sherriff RL, Ubel PA. Journal of Research in Personality 2007;41(4):787–803.

The ethics of swimming pools.
Ubel PA. Hastings Center Report 2007;37:51-55.

Why people refuse to make tradeoffs in person tradeoff elicitations: A matter of perspective?
Damschroder LJ, Roberts TR, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Ubel PA. Medical Decision Making 2007;27:266-288.

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Mortality versus survival graphs: Improving temporal consistency in perceptions of treatment effectiveness.
Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Fagerlin A, Ubel PA. Patient Education and Counseling 2007;66(1):100-107.

An alternative approach for eliciting willingness-to-pay: A randomized Internet trial.
Damschroder LJ, Ubel PA, Riis J, Smith DM. Judgment and Decision Making 2007;2(2):96-106.

It must be awful for them: Healthy people overlook disease variability in quality of life judgments.
Lacey HP, Fagerlin A, Loewenstein G, Smith DM, Riis J, Ubel PA. Judgment and Decision Making 2006;1(2):146-152.

Hope I die before I get old: Mispredicting happiness across the lifespan.
Lacey HP, Smith DM, Ubel PA. Journal of Happiness Studies 2006;7(2):167-182.

Can avoidance of complications lead to biased healthcare decisions?
Amsterlaw J, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Fagerlin A, Ubel PA. Judgment and Decision Making 2006;1(1):64-75.

Misremembering colostomies? Former patients give lower utility ratings than do current patients.
Smith DM, Sherriff RL, Damschroder LJ, Loewenstein G, Ubel PA. Health Psychology 2006;25:688-695.

Who decides? Living donor liver transplantation for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.
Volk M, Marrero JA, Lok AS, Ubel PA. Transplantation 2006;82(9):1136-1139.

A matter of perspective: choosing for others differs from choosing for yourself in making treatment decisions.
Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Sarr B, Fagerlin A, Ubel PA. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2006;21:618-622.

Why Are You Calling Me? How Survey Introductions Change Response Patterns.
Smith DM, Schwarz N, Roberts TR, Ubel PA. Quality of Life Research 2006;15:621-630.

Are medical treatments for individuals and groups like single-play and multiple-play gambles?
DeKay ML, Hershey JC, Spranca MD, Ubel PA, Asch DA. Judgment and Decision Making 2006;1(2):134-145.

Assessing the economic challenges posed by orphan drugs.
Drummond M, Wilson D, Kanavos P, Ubel PA, Rovira J. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 2006;23(1):36-42.

Individualized survival curves improve satisfaction with cancer risk management: decisions in women with BRCA 1/2 mutations.
Armstrong K, Weber B, Ubel PA, Peters N, Holmes J, Schwartz JS. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2005;23(36):9319-9328.

Do incentives matter? Providing benefits to families of organ donors.
Bryce CL, Siminoff LA, Ubel PA, Nathan H, Caplan AL, Arnold RM. American Journal of Transplantation 2005;5:2999-3008.

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Cure me even if it kills me: Preferences for invasive cancer treatment.
Fagerlin A, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Ubel PA. Medical Decision Making 2005;25(6):614-619.

Trading people versus trading time: What is the difference? A Qualitative Study.
Damschroder LJ, Miklosovic ME, Roberts TR, Goldstein CC, Ubel PA. Population Health Metrics 2005;3(1):10.

What is perfect health to an 85 year-old? Evidence for scale recalibration in subjective health ratings.
Ubel PA, Jankovic A, Smith DM, Langa K, Fagerlin A. Medical Care 2005;43(10):1054-1057.

Changing Times, Changing Opinions: History Informing the Family Presence Debate
Kopelman MB, Ubel PA, Engel KG. Academic Emergency Medicine 2005;12(10):999-1002.

Emergency Department Physician Estimates of Patient Literacy: How Accurate Are We?
Engel KG, Heisler M, Forman, JH, Robinson, CH, Smith DM, Ubel PA. Academic Emergency Medicine 2005;46(3):.

Reducing the influence of anecdotal reasoning on people's health care decisions: Is a picture worth a thousand statistics?
Fagerlin A, Wang C, Ubel PA. Medical Decision Making 2005;25(4):398-405.

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The impact of considering adaptation in health state valuation.
Damschroder LJ, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Ubel PA. Social Science and Medicine 2005;61(2):267-277.

The importance of age in allocating health care resources: does intervention-type matter?
Johri M, Damschroder LJ, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Ubel PA. Health Economics 2005;14(7):669-678.

The use of life expectancy in cancer screening guidelines: Moving with caution from model-based evidence to evidence-based guidelines.
Ubel PA, Lantz PM. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2005;20:552-553.

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What's time got to do with it? Inattention to duration in interpretation of survival graphs.
Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Fagerlin A, Ubel PA. Risk Analysis 2005;25(3):589-595.

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How making a risk estimate can change the feel of that risk: Shifting attitudes toward breast cancer risk in a general public survey.
Fagerlin A, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Ubel PA. Patient Education and Counseling 2005;57(3):294-299.

Disability and sunshine: Can predictions be improved by drawing attention to focusing illusions or emotional adaptation?
Ubel PA, Jepson C, Loewenstein G. American Journal of Psychiatry 2005;11:111-123.

Health, wealth, and happiness: Financial resources buffer subjective well-being after the onset of a disability.
Smith DM, Langa K, Kabeto MU, Ubel PA. Psychological Science 2005;16:663-666.

Misimagining the unimaginable: The disability paradox and healthcare decision making.
Ubel PA, Loewenstein G, Schwarz N, Smith DM. Health Psychology 2005;24(4 Suppl):S57-S62.

Ignorance of hedonic adaptation to hemo-dialysis: a study using ecological momentary assessment.
Riis J, Loewenstein G, Baron J, Jepson C, Fagerlin A, Ubel PA. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 2005;134:3-9.

Thoughts on Koch's postulates.
Ubel PA. Virtual Mentor 2005;7:np.

In a mailed physician survey, questionnaire length had a threshold effect on response rate.
Jepson C, Ubel PA, Hershey JC, Asch DA. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2005;58:103-5.

Emotions, decisions, and the limits of rationality: symposium introduction.
Ubel PA. Medical Decision Making 2005;25:95-6.

Cost and clinical practice guidelines: Can two wrongs make it right?
Ubel PA, Hummel EK. Virtual Mentor 2004;6:np.

Do unmet expectations for specific tests, referrals, and new medications reduce patients' satisfaction?
Peck BM, Ubel PA, Roter DL, Door Go, Asch DA, Jeffreys AS, Grambow SC, Tulsky JA. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2004;19:1080-1087.

Lying to insurance companies: The desire to deceive among physicians and the public
Werner RM, Alexander GC, Fagerlin A, Ubel PA. American Journal of Bioethics 2004;4:53-59.

Altruism, incentives, and organ donation: attitudes of the transplant community.
Jasper JD, Nickerson CA, Ubel PA, Asch DA. Medical Care 2004;42(4):378.

The validity of person tradeoff measurements: A randomized trial of computer elicitation versus face-to-face interview.
Damschroder LJ, Baron J, Hershey JC, Asch DA, Jepson C, Ubel PA. Medical Decision Making 2004;24(2):170-180.

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"Is 28% good or bad?": Evaluability and preferences reversals in health care decisions.
Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Fagerlin A, Ubel PA. Medical Decision Making 2004;24(2):142-148.

Racial disparities in the treatment of localized/regional prostate cancer.
Underwood W, DeMonner S, Ubel PA, Fagerlin A, Sanda M, Wei JT. Journal of Urology 2004;171(4):1504-1507.

Does competition for transplantable hearts lead to gaming of the waiting list?
Scanlon D, Hollenbeak CS, Woolton L, Loh E, Ubel PA. Health Affairs 2004;23(2):191-198.

The costs of denying scarcity.
Alexander GC, Werner RM, Ubel PA. Archives of Internal Medicine 2004;164(6):593-596.

Misperceptions about beta-blockers and diuretics: a national survey of primary care physicians.
Ubel PA, Jepson C, Asch DA. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2003;18(12):977-983.

When do patients and their physicians agree on diabetes treatment goals and strategies, and what difference does it make?
Heisler M, Vijan S, Anderson RM, Ubel PA, Bernstein SJ, Hofer TP. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2003;18(11):893-902.

Public response to cost-quality tradeoffs in clinical decisions.
Beach MC, Asch DA, Jepson C, Hershey JC, Mohr T, McMorrow S, Ubel PA. Medical Decision Making 2003;23(5):369-378.

Effect of assessment method on the discrepancy between judgments of health disorders people have and do not have: A web study.
Baron J, Asch DA, Fagerlin A, Jepson C, Loewenstein G, Riis J, Stineman MG, Ubel PA. Medical Decision Making 2003;23(5):422-434.

Whose quality of life? A commentary exploring discrepancies between health state evaluations of patients and the general public.
Ubel PA, Loewenstein G, Jepson C. Quality of Life Research 2003;12:599-607.

Setting organ allocation priorities: should we care what the public cares about?
Johri M, Ubel PA. Liver Transplantation 2003;9(8):878-880.

What is the price of life and why doesn't it increase at the rate of inflation?
Ubel PA, Hirth RA, Chernew ME, Fendrick AM. Archives of Internal Medicine 2003;163:1637-1641.

Support for physician deception of insurance companies among a sample of Philadelphia residents.
Alexander GC, Werner RM, Fagerlin A, Ubel PA. Annals of Internal Medicine 2003;138:472-475.

Incremental and average cost-effectiveness ratios: Will physicians make a distinction?
Hershey JC, Asch DA, Jepson C, Baron J, Ubel PA. Risk Analysis 2003;23:81-89.

Surgical management of the rheumatoid hand: Consensus and controversy among rheumatologists and hand surgeons.
Alderman A, Ubel PA, Kim HM, Fox DA, Chung KC. Journal of Rheumatology 2003;30:1464-1472.

Comments to "A note on cost-value analysis."
Nord E, Pinto JL, Richardson J, Menzel P, Ubel PA. Health Economics Letters 2002;6:12-14.

Randomized trial of 5 dollars versus 10 dollars monetary incentives, envelope size, and candy to increase physician response rates to mailed questionnaires.
Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Berlin JA, Asch DA. Medical Care 2002;40:834-839.

Exploring the role of order effects in Person Trade-off elicitations.
Ubel PA, Richardson J, Baron J. Health Policy 2002;61:189-199.

Interest in BRCA1/2 testing in a primary care population.
Armstrong K, Weber B, Ubel PA, Guerra C, Schwartz JS. Preventive Medicine 2002;34:590-595.

The "hassle factor": What motivates physicians to manipulate reimbursement rules?
Werner RM, Alexander GC, Fagerlin A, Ubel PA. Archives of Internal Medicine 2002;162:1134-1139.

Types of inconsistency in health-state utility judgments.
Baron J, Ubel PA. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 2002;89:1110-1118.

Revising a priority list based on cost-effectiveness: the role of the prominence effect and distorted utility judgments.
Baron J, Ubel PA. Medical Decision Making 2001;21:278-287.

Using survival curve comparisons to inform patient decision making can a practice exercise improve understanding?
Armstrong K, Fitzgerald G, Schwartz JS, Ubel PA. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2001;16:544-549.

Analog scale, magnitude estimation, and person trade-off as measures of healthy utility: Biases and their correction.
Baron J, Wu Z, Brennan DJ, Weeks C, Ubel PA. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making 2001;14:17-34.

Preference for equity as a framing effect.
Ubel PA, Baron J, Asch DA. Medical Decision Making 2001;21:180-189.

Do nonpatients underestimate the quality of life associated with chronic health conditions because of a focusing illusion?
Ubel PA, Loewenstein G, Hershey JC, Baron J, Mohr T, Asch DA, Jepson C. Medical Decision Making 2001;21:190-199.

Physicians, thou shalt ration: The necessary role of bedside rationing in controlling healthcare costs.
Ubel PA. Healthcare Papers 2001;2:10-21.

Rationing HIV medications: what do patients and the public think about allocation policies?
Green MJ, Fong S, Mauger DT, Ubel PA. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2001;26:56-62.

The inclusion of patient testimonials in decision aids: effects on treatment choices.
Ubel PA, Jepson C, Baron J. Medical Decision Making 2001;21:60-68.

Gaming the system--Public preferences that doctors play?
Alexander GC, Werner RM, Fagerlin A, Ubel PA. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2001;16(Suppl. 1):185.

Finding a place for public preferences in liver allocation decisions.
Neuberger J, Ubel PA. Transplantation 2000;70(10):1411-1413.

Improving value measurement in cost-effectiveness analysis.
Ubel PA, Nord E, Gold M, Menzel P, Pinto Pr, Richardson J. Medical Care 2000;38:892-901.

Are patients willing to participate in medical education?
Ubel PA, Silver-Isenstadt A. Journal of Clinical Ethics 2000;11:230-235.

Lying to each other: When internal medicine residents use deception with their colleagues.
Green MJ, Farber NJ, Ubel PA, Arnold RM. Archives of Internal Medicine 2000;160:2317-2323.

Beliefs about breast cancer risk and use of postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy.
Armstrong K, Popik S, Guerra C, Ubel PA. Medical Decision Making 2000;20:308-313.

Are preferences for equity over efficiency in health care allocation "all or nothing"?
Ubel PA, Baron J, Nash B, Asch DA. Medical Care 2000;38:366-373.

Pennsylvania's voluntary benefits program: Evaluating an innovative approach to increasing organ donation.
Ubel PA, Bryce CL, Siminoff LA, Caplan AL, Arnold RM. Health Affairs 2000;19:206-211.

Societal value, the person trade-off, and the dilemma of whose values to measure for cost-effectiveness analysis.
Ubel PA, Richardson J, Menzel P. Health Economics 2000;9:127-136.

Further explorations of medical decisions for individuals and for groups.
DeKay ML, Nickerson CA, Ubel PA, Hershey JC, Spranca MD, Asch DA. Medical Decision Making 2000;20:39-44.

Educational content and the effectiveness of influenza vaccination reminders.
Armstrong K, Berlin M, Propert K, Schwartz JS, Ubel PA. Journal of General Internal Medicine 1999;14:695-697.

How stable are people's preferences for giving priority to severely ill patients?
Ubel PA. Social Science and Medicine 1999;49:895-903.

Toward a broader view of values in cost-effectiveness analysis in health care.
Menzel P, Gold M, Nord E, Pinto Pr, Richardson J, Ubel PA. Hastings Center Report 1999;29:7-15.

Erosion in medical students' attitudes about telling patients they are students.
Silver-Isenstadt A, Ubel PA. Journal of General Internal Medicine 1999;14:481-487.

Incorporating societal concerns for fairness in numerical valuations of health programmes.
Nord E, Pinto JL, Richardson J, Menzel P, Ubel PA. Health Economics 1999;8:25-39.

Social responsibility, personal responsibility, and prognosis in public judgments about transplant allocation.
Ubel PA, Baron J, Asch DA. Bioethics 1999;13:57-68.

Geographic favoritism in liver transplantation: unfortunate or unfair?
Ubel PA, Caplan AL. New England Journal of Medicine 1998;73:933-934.

Encourage qualitative research to improve students' clinical skills!
Parsons GN, Kinsman SB, Ubel PA. Academic Medicine 1998;73(9):933-934.

Physicians' experiences with patient-initiated health insurance fraud.
Farber NJ, Berger MS, Davis EB, Weiner J, Boyer EG, Ubel PA. Delaware Medical Journal 1998;70:329-334.

Does bedside rationing violate patients' best interests? An exploration of "moral hazard".
Ubel PA, Goold SD. American Journal of Medicine 1998;104:64-68.

Conducting physician mail surveys on a limited budget: a randomized trial comparing $2 bill versus $5 bill incentives.
Asch DA, Christakis NA, Ubel PA. Medical Care 1998;36:95-99.

How preliminary data affect people's stated willingness to enter a hypothetical randomized controlled trial.
Ubel PA, Merz JF, Shea J, Asch DA. Journal of Investigative Medicine 1997;45:561-566.

Medical student name tags: Identification or obfuscation?
Silver-Isenstadt A, Ubel PA. Journal of General Internal Medicine 1997;12:669-671.

Kidney transplant candidates' views of the transplant allocation system.
Louis ON, Sankar P, Ubel PA. Journal of General Internal Medicine 1997;12:478-484.

Rationing by any other name.
Asch DA, Ubel PA. New England Journal of Medicine 1997;336:1668-1671.

Confidentiality and health insurance fraud.
Farber NJ, Berger MS, Davis EB, Weiner J, Boyer EG, Ubel PA. Archives of Internal Medicine 1997;157:501-504.

Recognizing bedside rationing: Clear cases and tough calls.
Ubel PA, Goold SD. Annals of Internal Medicine 1997;126:74-80.

Public preferences for efficiency and racial equity in kidney transplant allocation decisions.
Ubel PA, DeKay ML, Baron J, Asch DA. Transplantation Proceedings 1996;28:2975-2980.

Public perceptions of the importance of prognosis in allocating transplantable livers to children.
Ubel PA, Loewenstein G. Medical Decision Making 1996;16:234-241.

Can we continue to afford organ transplantation in an era of managed care?
Ubel PA. American Journal of Managed Care 1996;2:293-297.

Cost-effectiveness analysis in a setting of budget constraints: is it equitable?
Ubel PA, DeKay ML, Baron J, Asch DA. New England Journal of Medicine 1996;334:1174-1177.

Distributing scarce livers: The moral reasoning of the general public.
Ubel PA, Loewenstein G. Social Science and Medicine 1996;42:1049-1055.

Individual utilities are inconsistent with rationing choices: A partial explanation of why Oregon's cost-effectiveness list failed.
Ubel PA, Kamlet M, Scanlon D, Loewenstein G. Medical Decision Making 1996;16:108-119.

Acceptance of external funds by physician organizations: Issues and policy options.
Ubel PA, Arnold RM, Gramelspacher GP, Hoppe RB, Landefeld CS, Levinson W, Tierney W, Tolle SW. Journal of General Internal Medicine 1995;10:624-630.

The efficacy and equity of retransplantation: An experimental survey of public attitudes.
Ubel PA, Loewenstein G. Health Policy 1995;34:145-151.

The unbearable rightness of bedside rationing: Physician duties in a climate of cost containment.
Ubel PA, Arnold RM. Archives of Internal Medicine 1995;155:1837-1842.

Doctor talk: technology and modern conversation.
Ubel PA. American Journal of Medicine 1995;98:587-588.

Assisted suicide and the case of Dr. Quill and Diane.
Ubel PA. Issues in Law & Medicine 1993;8(4):487-502.