ArticleJournal of health economics2021
Is great information good enough? Evidence from physicians as patients.
Article in Journal of health economics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Processes of obstetrical care and outcomes among Ontario physicians versus non-physicians: a population-based study.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Mortality of working-age physicians compared to other high-skilled occupations in Austria from 1998 to 2020.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2024Article
- Care Experiences and Visit Use of Physician and Nonphysician Medicare Patients.JAMA health forum · 2023Article
- Behavioral Economics Interventions to Improve Medical Decision-Making.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2022Article
- The Roots of Health Inequality and the Value of Intrafamily Expertise.American economic journal. Applied economics · 2022Article
- Online and offline health information seeking and the demand for physician services.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2022Article
- Communication approaches to enhance patient motivation and adherence in cardiovascular disease prevention.Clinical cardiology · 2021Review
- Editorial: Are We All Better-than-Average Drivers, and Better-than-Average Kissers? Outwitting the Kruger-Dunning Effect in Clinical Practice and Research.Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2019Article
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Abstract
We place an upper bound on the degree to which policies aimed at improving the information deficiencies of patients may lead to greater adherence to clinical guidelines and recommended practices. To do so, we compare the degree of adherence attained by a group of patients that should have the best possible information on health care practices-i.e., physicians as patients-with that attained by a comparable group of non-physician patients, taking various steps to account for unobservable differences between the two groups. Our results suggest that physicians, at best, do only slightly better in adhering to both low- and high-value care guidelines than non-physicians.
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