Effect of a price display intervention on laboratory test ordering behavior of general practitioners.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Redundant use of diagnostic tests in primary care has shown to be a contributor to rising Dutch healthcare costs. A price display in the test ordering system of the electronic health records (EHRs) could potentially be a low-cost and easy to implement intervention to a decrease in test ordering rate in the primary care setting by creating more cost-awareness among general practitioners (GPs). The aim of this study was to assess the effect of a price display for diagnostic laboratory tests in the EHR on laboratory test ordering behavior of GPs in the Westelijke Mijnstreek region in the Netherlands.

Methods

A pre-post intervention study among 154 GPs working in 57 general practices was conducted from September 2019, until March 2020, in the Netherlands. The interven

SUBMITTER: Muris DMJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8639847 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature