Patient and Physician Behavior
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Nudging Physician Prescription Decisions by Partitioning the Order Set: Results of a Vignette-Based Study
In this study of how menus in the electronic health record affect prescribing practices among primary care providers, the researchers found that provider treatment choice appears to be influenced by the grouping of menu options, suggesting that the layout of order sets is not an arbitrary exercise.
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Do Physicians Respond to Liability Standard?
In this exploration of the sensitivity of the clinical decisions of physicians to the standards of care expected of them under the law, the researchers found that local surgery rates converge toward national surgery rates upon the adoption of national-standard rules and that these effects are more pronounced among rural counties.
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Intolerance of Uncertainty, Cognitive Complaints, and Cancer‐Related Distress in Prostate Cancer Survivors
This study found that prostate cancer survivors who report cognitive difficulties or who find uncertainty uncomfortable and unacceptable may be at greater risk for cancer‐related distress, even three to five years after completing treatment.
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Mortality and Treatment Patterns among Patients Hospitalized with Acute Cardiovascular Conditions during Dates of National Cardiology Meeting
In an analysis of mortality and treatment differences among patients admitted with acute cardiovascular conditions during dates of national cardiology meetings compared with nonmeeting dates, this study found that high-risk patients with heart failure and cardiac arrest hospitalized in teaching hospitals had lower 30-day mortality when admitted during meeting dates.
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Divorce among Physicians and Other Healthcare Professionals in the United States: Analysis of Census Survey Data
In this study of the prevalence and incidence of divorce among US physicians compared with other healthcare professionals, lawyers, and non-healthcare professionals, and an analysis of factors associated with divorce among physicians, Divorce among physicians is less common than among non-healthcare workers and several health professions, the researchers found that female physicians have a substantially higher prevalence of divorce than male physicians, which may be partly attributable to a differential effect of hours worked.
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Medical Malpractice Reform: Noneconomic Damages Caps Reduced Payments 15 Percent, with Varied Effects by Specialty
This study analyzed a national sample of malpractice claims to estimate the impact of state noneconomic damages caps on average malpractice payment size for physicians overall and for 10 different specialty categories and found that, overall, noneconomic damages caps reduced average payments by $42,980 (15 percent), compared to having no cap at all.
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Are Investments in Disease Prevention Complements? The Case of Statins and Health Behaviors
The researchers obtained estimates of associations between statin use and health behaviors and found that statin use was associated with increased physical activity among males and that statin use increased the use of blood pressure medication and aspirin for both males and females.
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Nudging Guideline-Concordant Antibiotic Prescribing: A Randomized Clinical Trial
This study found that displaying poster-sized commitment letters in examination rooms decreased inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections, and that the effect of this simple, low-cost intervention is comparable in magnitude to costlier, more intensive quality-improvement efforts.
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Protected: What is Driving Deaths of Despair? Deaton and Case Point to The Way We Pay for Healthcare
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