Do medical house officers value the health of veterans differently from the health of non-veterans?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little information is available regarding medical residents' perceptions of patients' health-related quality of life. Patients cared for by residents have been shown to receive differing patterns of care at Veterans Affairs facilities than at community or university settings. We therefore examined: 1) how resident physicians value the health of patients; 2) whether values differ if the patient is described as a veteran; and 3) whether residency-associated variables impact values.

Methods

All medicine residents in a teaching hospital were asked to watch a digital video of an actor depicting a 72-year-old patient with mild-moderate congestive heart failure. Residents were randomized to 2 groups: in one group, the patient was described as a veteran of the Korean War,

SUBMITTER: Yi MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC406418 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature