Bellian D P, King K A, Wahl J, Price J H
Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo 43614, USA.
J Community Health. 2001 Feb;26(1):11-22. doi: 10.1023/a:1026533013729.
A survey was conducted to assess psychiatrists' knowledge and attitudes regarding the costs of various psychiatric treatments. Psychiatrists (n = 500) were randomly selected from the membership of the Ohio Psychiatric Association. The survey explored several aspects of psychiatrists' knowledge of costs, including estimated prices of 24 specific psychiatric treatments (frequently used psychotropic medications, laboratory tests, and inpatient and outpatient procedures) as well as their level of confidence in their estimates. The survey also asked a series of attitude/opinion questions and specific demographic data. The psychiatrists (n = 265, 59% response) perceived that knowing the costs of treatments was an important consideration when choosing a particular treatment. Psychiatrists' actual knowledge of the costs of treatment was inconsistent with their beliefs of the importance of knowing the costs as well as their reported confidence in their knowledge of costs. Information about the costs of psychiatric treatments is an important clinical consideration and a program to improve clinicians' knowledge of the costs of psychiatric treatment could occur during residency training.
开展了一项调查，以评估精神科医生对各种精神科治疗费用的了解程度和态度。从俄亥俄州精神科协会的会员中随机选取了500名精神科医生。该调查探讨了精神科医生在费用知识方面的几个方面，包括24种特定精神科治疗（常用精神药物、实验室检查以及住院和门诊程序）的估计价格，以及他们对自己估计的信心程度。该调查还询问了一系列态度/意见问题以及具体的人口统计学数据。精神科医生（265人，回复率59%）认为，在选择特定治疗时，了解治疗费用是一个重要的考虑因素。精神科医生对治疗费用的实际了解与他们对了解费用重要性的看法以及他们所报告的对费用知识的信心不一致。精神科治疗费用信息是一项重要的临床考虑因素，在住院医师培训期间可以开展一项提高临床医生对精神科治疗费用了解的项目。
