Framing Effects on Physicians' Judgment and Decision Making

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ID13659754
AuthorsThanh Cong Bui (0000-0001-5794-5345, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, corresponding author), Heather Krieger (0000-0001-5932-9749, Baylor College of Medicine), Heather A Krieger (Baylor College of Medicine), Jennifer S Blumenthal-Barby (Baylor College of Medicine), Jennifer S Blumenthal‐Barby (Baylor College of Medicine)
Year2015
Volume117
Issue2
Pages508-522
Publication date2015-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/13.pr0.117c20z0
PMID26444837
OpenAlexW1843627195
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited33

This study aimed to assess physicians' susceptibility to framing effects in clinical judgment and decision making. A survey was administered online to 159 general internists in the United States. Participants were randomized into two groups, in which clinical scenarios varied in their framings: frequency vs percentage, with cost information vs without, female patient vs male patient, and mortality vs survival. Results showed that physicians' recommendations for patients in hypothetical scenarios were significantly different when the predicted probability of the outcomes was presented in frequency versus percentage form and when it was presented in mortality rate vs survival rate of the same magnitude. Physicians' recommendations were not different for other framing effects

Clinical decision making · Clinical judgment · Family medicine · Framing (construction · Framing effect · Medical physics · Clinical Psychology · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Medicine · Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare · Psychology · Social Psychology

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