Responsibilities, Strategies, and Practice Factors in Clinical Cost Conversations: a US Physician Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physicians play a key role in mitigating and managing costs in healthcare which are rising.

Objective

Conduct a cross-sectional survey in 2017, comparing results to a 2012 survey to understand US physicians' evolving attitudes and strategies concerning healthcare costs.

Participants

Random sample of 1200 US physicians from the AMA Masterfile.

Measures

Physician views on responsibility for costs of care, enthusiasm for cost-saving strategies, cost-consciousness scale, and practice strategies on addressing cost.

Key results

Among 1200 physicians surveyed in 2017, 489 responded (41%). In 2017, slightly more physicians reported that physicians have a major responsibility for addressing healthcare costs (32% vs. 27%, p = 0.03). In 2017, more physic

SUBMITTER: Warsame R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7351917 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature