Saturday, October 7, 2023

Peltzman effect in psychology




The Peltzman effect refers to Peltzman's finding of risk compensation behavior that reduces the effects of (or worsens the outcomes following) mandates or policies designed to make a situation safer or better.

The effect is named for Samuel Peltzman of the University of Chicago. The concept has been applied to healthcare regulations.

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Prasad, V., & Jena, A. B. (2014). The Peltzman effect and compensatory markers in medicine. Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2(3), 170–172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hjdsi.2014.05.002



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