'But what if you miss something …?': factors that influence medical student consideration of cost in decision making.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Cost-conscious care is critical for healthcare sustainability but evidence suggests that most doctors do not consider cost in their clinical decision making. A critical step in changing this is understanding the barriers to encouraging behaviours and attitudes related to cost-conscious care. We therefore conducted a qualitative study to address the research question: what factors influence consideration of cost in emergency medicine (ED) clinical decision making?

Methods

This was a qualitative focus group study using patient vignettes to explore attitudes towards cost-conscious clinical decision making. Participants were Year 4 and Year 5 medical students from Singapore, a country with a fee-for-service healthcare system. After a data-driven initial data analysis, an

SUBMITTER: Tan E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10268427 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature