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Research article summary:
How physicians react to cost-effectiveness information.
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Since 1998, the growth of health care spending has accelerated to levels not seen since the 1980s. This growth has renewed pressures on physicians to practice 'cost-effective' care, since physicians decisions account for the vast majority of all health ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2003
in Journal: LDI Issue Brief
(Language : eng)
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2003 ;8(9):1-4
How physicians react to cost-effectiveness information.
Asch DA
VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion; University of Pennsylvania.
Since 1998, the growth of health care spending has accelerated to levels not seen since the 1980s. This growth has renewed pressures on physicians to practice "cost-effective" care, since physicians' decisions account for the vast majority of all health care spending. But little is known about what physicians think about cost containment, and how they incorporate cost-effectiveness information into their practice patterns. This Issue Brief summarizes three related studies that describe primary care physicians' attitudes toward considering costs in their clinical decisions, and the effects of providing cost-effectiveness information on physicians' recommendations.
PMID : 12956120 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| David A | Asch | DA |
Affiliation: VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion; University of Pennsylvania.
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Category links from this article:- Attitude of Health Personnel
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Decision Making
- Humans
- Information Services
- Mass Screening - economics, utilization
- Physician's Practice Patterns - economics
- Physicians - psychology
- United States
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