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Impact of patient obtained medical information (POMI) on the physician-patient relationship

dc.creatorXie, Bin
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-22T17:17:34Z
dc.date.available2006-07-11
dc.date.issued2005-07-11
dc.identifier.urihttps://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/etd-07062005-115146
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1803/12822
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation investigated the impact of patient-obtained medical information (POMI) on the physician-patient relationship. A game-theoretical model was built in which the physician interacts with a heterogeneously informed patient population. Major findings include that when the physician cannot distinguish information levels of individual patients, she would use the information characteristics of the patient population as surrogate for the POMI of a particular patient, and her behavior would be partially shaped by a “dominant” information level within the patient population. Then, using US counties as units of patient population, the relationship between per capita healthcare utilization and the portion of highly informed patients exhibits the nonlinearity suggested by the theoretical model. Finally, physicians’ of different demographic, socioeconomic and practice characteristics have different attitudes towards POMI. Physicians of male gender, older age, international training, race other than white, and overall personal financial incentive favoring expanding services are more likely to have positive attitudes towards POMI and are more willing to order tests, procedures or prescriptions upon patients’ requests.
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dc.subjectPhysicial and patient
dc.subjectPhysician-patient relationship
dc.subjecthealthcare disparity
dc.subjecthealth economics
dc.subjectpatient obtained medical information
dc.subjecthealthcare utilization
dc.subjectPatient participation
dc.subjectMedical care -- Utilization
dc.titleImpact of patient obtained medical information (POMI) on the physician-patient relationship
dc.typedissertation
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDoris Quinn
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMikhael Shor
dc.contributor.committeeMemberWilliam Mahaffey
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thesis.degree.namePHD
thesis.degree.leveldissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineManagement of Technology
thesis.degree.grantorVanderbilt University
local.embargo.terms2006-07-11
local.embargo.lift2006-07-11
dc.contributor.committeeChairDavid Dilts


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