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The Role of Education in Improving Physicians’ Professional Use of Economic Evaluations of Health InterventionsSome Evidence From a Cross-Sectional Survey in Italy"Sapienza" University of Rome
University of Catanzaro "Magna Graecia"
"Sapienza" University of Rome
University of Catanzaro "Magna Graecia"
"Sapienza" University of Rome
Second University of Naples
"Sapienza" University of Rome, paolo.villari{at}uniroma.it A cross-sectional survey was carried out on a random sample of Italian physicians through a self-administered questionnaire to describe knowledge, attitudes, and professional behavior toward economic evaluations of health interventions. A response rate of 74.1% was achieved (760 questionnaires). Although many physicians show a positive attitude toward cost-minimization and, to a lesser extent, to cost-effectiveness analysis, they rated their methodological knowledge as unsatisfactory, and the professional use of the economic evaluations of the health interventions in clinical practice is quite low. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that adequate knowledge and positive attitudes are associated with increased physicians’ use of health economic evaluations, as well as time dedicated to continuing medical education and previous training experience about health economics and management. Education and specific training may play an important role in promoting a more cost-conscious behavior of physicians.
Key Words: cost-minimization • cost-effectiveness • physicians • professional behavior
This version was published on September
1, 2009 Evaluation & the Health Professions, Vol. 32, No. 3,
249-263 (2009) |
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