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Shared Decision-Making in Health Care
Practice variation, shared decision making, and health care policy The challenge to the research community is to provide the intellectual basis for a transition from a healthcare economy where healthcare utilization is based on physician’s opinion to an economy where the demand is based on informed patient choice. The publication of the second edition of [...]
To give or not to give: Parental experience and adherence to the Food and Drug Administration warning about over-the-counter cough and cold medicine usage
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned against administering over-the-counter cough and cold medicines to children under 2. This study evaluated whether experienced parents show poorer adherence to the FDA warning, as safe experiences are predicted to reduce the impact of warnings, and how adherence can be improved. Participants included 218 American parents (mean age: 29.98 (SD [...]
Choice, Numeracy, and Physicians-in-Training Performance:
The Case of Medicare Part D
Objective: In this study, we examined the effect of choice-set size and numeracy levels on a physicianin-training’s ability to choose appropriate Medicare drug plans. Design: Medical students and internal medicine residents (N 100) were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 surveys, differing only in the number of plans to be evaluated (3, 10, and 20). After [...]