Physician Awareness of Economic Factors in Clinical Decision-Making
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9101978 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Tobias Nagurney (0000-0001-7193-4896, Cornell University, corresponding author), Robert L Braham (Cornell University), George G Reader (Cornell University) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 727-736 |
| Publication date | 1979-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-197907000-00003 |
| PMID | 459575 |
| OpenAlex | W2067312300 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 2 |
Physicians' awareness of economic factors in clinical decision-making at one large urban university medical center was studied by a 50-item questionnaire. Their dollar estimates were considered correct if within +/- 20 per cent of the true October 1976 figure. Eighty-one per cent of the house staff and all of the attendings correctly estimated the daily semi-private room rate, but only 15 per cent of each group correctly estimated the charge for a serum potassium. Roughly half of the questions concerning various third-party benefit plans were answered correctly. These results are consistent with those of the few previous studies. If the findings are generally applicable, they may suggest that a directed teaching program in simple economic facts and principles may be useful at all levels of physician training
Clinical decision making · Family medicine · Medical decision making · MEDLINE · Political science · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine · Psychology
Influence of Simple Computerized Feedback on Prescription Charges in an Ambulatory Clinic
Physician Sensitivity to the Price of Diagnostic Tests
Physician Awareness of Cost Under Prospective Reimbursement Systems
A New Methodology for Ancillary Services Review
Teaching Cost-Effective Diagnostic Test Use to Medical Students
A Review of Physician Cost-Containment Strategies for Laboratory Testing
Does Cost Information Availability Reduce Physician Test Usage
Failure of Low-cost Audits With Feedback to Reduce Laboratory Test Utilization
Practice Pattern Variation Between Two Medical Schools
Competition's flawed perspective on the health care market and an alternative approach
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 1982 - 1989 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |