Can't wait or won't wait? The two barriers to patient decisions.

Trends Cogn Sci

University of Chicago Booth School of Business, 5807 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. Electronic address:

Published: April 2022


Category Ranking

98%

Total Visits

921

Avg Visit Duration

2 minutes

Citations

20

Article Abstract

Impatience results from the belief that waiting is either too hard or not worth it. Distinguishing between these barriers informs which intervention will increase patience. Making waiting easier increases patience when people are unable to wait. Increasing the value of waiting increases patience when they lack the desire to wait.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2022.01.004DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

increases patience
8
wait wait?
4
wait? barriers
4
barriers patient
4
patient decisions
4
decisions impatience
4
impatience belief
4
belief waiting
4
waiting hard
4
hard worth
4

Similar Publications

Our Challenges, Our Solutions: The Impact of Autism on Families.

J Autism Dev Disord

September 2025

Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University, 223 Anthill Street, Canberra, 2602, Australia.

This study investigated how autism impacts the relationships between family members and the family unit. It aimed to provide a deeper qualitative understanding by incorporating the perspectives of autistic adolescents and their family members, adding depth to existing quantitative findings. This qualitative study involved audio-recorded semi-structured in-depth interviews with 40 participants, including mothers, fathers, siblings, and autistic adolescents, recruited through autism and disability agencies in Canberra, Australia.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Modelling taxi drop-off decisions in FIFO lanes via survival and discrete choice analysis.

PLoS One

September 2025

College of Intelligent Science and Control Engineering, Jinling Institute of Technology, Nanjing, China.

Traffic congestion frequently occurs in the drop-off zones of large integrated passenger hubs, posing significant challenges to the efficient utilization of lane space. This study develops a First-In-First-Out (FIFO) taxi drop-off decision-making model, incorporating both static and dynamic Logit frameworks grounded in panel data analysis. The model accounts for heterogeneity across vehicles, temporal variations, and spatial factors influencing drop-off decisions.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: Twelve state Medicaid programs limit the monthly number of covered prescriptions. Such cap policies may force enrollees to forego essential medications with important health consequences. We aimed to determine the impact of cap policies on acute care use and all-cause mortality among enrollees with opioid use disorder (OUD).

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objective: This study aims to assess the effectiveness of training in nursing ethics and humanistic nursing care in enhancing the quality of nursing services and increasing patient satisfaction within the "Internet + Health care" framework in ophthalmology wards.

Methods: A cohort of 20 nurses from the ophthalmology ward of the hospital participated in a 3-month training program from January to March 2024, focusing on nursing ethics and humanistic nursing care within the "Internet + Health care" framework. A total of 300 patients scheduled for cataract surgery in the same ward were selected for the study, with 150 patients allocated to control and intervention groups.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Aim: To explore how frail older patients experience their stay and nursing care during boarding time at the emergency department.

Design: A qualitative explorative interview study.

Method: Purposive sampling was used, with a two-step selection process: (1) Patients 65 years or older spending at least 4 h at the emergency department waiting for a hospital bed, referred to as boarding time, were (2) screened for frailty using the FRail Elderly Support researcH group screening instrument.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF