Reporting of gonorrhea by private physicians

A behavioral study

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11038128
AutoresR Rothenberg, RlCHARD B ROTHENBERG, Donald C Bross, T M Vernon
Ano1980
Volume70
Fascículo9
Páginas983-986
Data de publicação1980-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditoraAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.70.9.983
PMID7406099
OpenAlexW2100548884
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas14

Physicians in the Denver Metropolitan Area were randomly assigned to study groups and exposed to an intervention designed to test current hypotheses concerning the reasons for underreporting of gonorrhea (lack of saliency in the request, patient interference, violation of the physician-patient relationship, insufficient rewards and excessive administrative cost to the reporter). A periodic telephone contact, initiated by the Health Department and requiring only contact between clerical personnel, more than doubled the number of reported cases. The effect was most striking for those who had not previously reported, and for doctors who practiced alone. An estimate of 42 per cent was obtained for the proportion of cases reported, substantially higher than that produced by retrospective surveys based on recall. The impact of undernotification on total morbidity will vary with the preexisting mix of public and private reporting. The telephone reporting system appears to be an inexpensive and effective program tool for determining that impact locally

Advertising · Environmental health · Family medicine · Gonorrhea · Intervention (counseling) · Medical emergency · Metropolitan area · Public health · Recall · Telephone survey · Test (biology) · Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Survey Methodology and Nonresponse · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy