Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
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Medical Groups Can Reduce Costs by Investing in Improved Quality of Care for Patients With Diabetes
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
If doctors are rewarded for cost savings, does quality suffer as a result? This study shows the two are not mutually exclusive. Findings suggest that improving the quality of care for patients with diabetes saves money.
Physicians Recommend Different Treatments for Patients Than They Would Choose for Themselves
April 11, 2011 | Journal Article
This study examined the role of bias in treatment decisions close to 1,000 physicians chose hypothetical treatments for colon cancer and avian flu the physicians either chose a treatment they would want for themselves or made a recommendation for a patient.
The Continued Social Transformation of the Medical Profession
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article, from a supplement to the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, assesses the state of the medical profession. The authors emphasize the tension between a physician's self-interest and care of the patient in an increasingly commercialized health system.
An Ethical Template for Pharmacy Benefits
January 1, 2003 | Journal Article
This article proposes an ethical template for pharmacy benefits and a fair process for using it. The template delineates four levels of decisions about pharmacy coverage, connecting ethically acceptable types of rationales for limits with decisions ...
Empathy and Patient-Physician Conflicts
May 1, 2007 | Journal Article
How can physicians empathize when feeling negatively toward their patients?
How Country Doctors Deal with a Changing World
January 1, 1999 | Program Result
The People-to-People Health Foundation conducted a national survey of rural physicians in 1993 and 1994 to examine their practice style and supply in medically underserved areas.