کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4198321 1279051 2010 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Study on doctor shopping behavior: Insight from patients with upper respiratory tract infection in Taiwan
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی سیاست های بهداشت و سلامت عمومی
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Study on doctor shopping behavior: Insight from patients with upper respiratory tract infection in Taiwan
چکیده انگلیسی

ObjectivesBased on the actual medical records of ambulatory care visits, this study analyzed patients’ healthcare seeking behavior and doctor shopping behavior (DSB), and investigated the underlying factors and the impact on the depletion of the healthcare resources for health policy makers to build a better health delivery system.MethodsAmong a cohort comprised of 200,000 patients randomly chosen from the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan in 2004, only the patients seeking ambulatory care visits for upper respiratory tract infection (URI) were analyzed.ResultsAmong the 45,951 URI patients, 2875 of them exhibited DSB (prevalence 6.3%). The DSB showed a reverse U-shaped relationship with the patient age (the highest DSB in age 18–34 years). The episodes of the URI had a negative impact on the DSB. The odds ratios of gender and the frequency of consultation versus DSB were 1.10 and 4.72, respectively, and the depletion of days of medication and repeat prescription increased with doctor shopping.ConclusionsHealth education to raise DSB awareness is necessary, especially for female's age 18–34 years. Implementing a proper referral system with efficient data exchange, setting up control parameters in the IC cards, and strengthening the integrated care plan could reduce the unnecessary waste of the healthcare resources.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Health Policy - Volume 94, Issue 1, January 2010, Pages 61–67
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