When the experts say about effective medical treatment, patients are not listening.
However, it was articulated inartfully theme Central Administration Obama push for health care and health experts on the lips for years: more healthcare is not necessarily better care.
However, far from being satisfied patients.
Health Affairs Journal just tested more than 1,500 patients with insurance offered by the employer, including dozens of thematic groups and individual interviews.
"Pervasive Themes" from respondents, according to the authors, were "better is more newer is better, you get what you pay for (I) Guidelines restrict My doctor provide me with caution and need and deserve."
Such findings are frustrating for experts, who have spent years trying to communicate that these things are not met and they actually endanger its efforts to change hospital and physician payments to reward quality. they also consumers from seeking higher quality and more cost-effective care, say researchers.
"For those who believe that all healthcare meets minimum standards and that more care is better, the distinction between physicists, hospitals or other suppliers on the basis of quality and efficiency of profiles is likely to meet with resistance," they write.
Your own study shows that only 41% of respondents agree that workers should pay less if they doctors who rank highly in quality measures.In addition, only 47% thought that workers should pay less for treatment, which has been shown.
Of course, doesn't help their education efforts that the Republicans have been hammering on new health rights "comparative effectiveness" provisions, call their democratic efforts to ration health care.
Still those pushing use of evidence-based medicine are resigning.
Examination by the authors have developed toolkit communications to help employers and unions, better clarify concepts related to health care quality and cost-effectiveness of patients is available in the business group, national Health's website.
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