The association between physicians' and patients' preventive health practices.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although much has been written about the potential power of the association between physicians' personal health practices and those of their patients, objective studies of this relationship are lacking. We investigated this association using objectively measured health care indicators.

Methods

We assessed 8 indicators of quality of health care (screening and vaccination practices) for primary care physicians (n = 1488) and their adult patients (n = 1,886,791) in Israel's largest health maintenance organization; the physicians were also patients in this health care system.

Results

For all 8 indicators, patients whose physicians were compliant with the preventive practices were more likely (p < 0.05) to also have undergone these preventive measures than patie

SUBMITTER: Frank E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3652935 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature