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Senter for helseadministrasjon, Universitetet i Oslo, Rikshospitalet.
Nord Med. 1991;106(8-9):232-6.
Diseases and medical specialties differ as regards social prestige. Samples of experienced physicians, medical students at two different levels, and other health professions were asked to rate 38 diseases and 22 medical specialties and subspecialties by prestige. The measured differences in prestige were substantial. Among the diseases, myocardial infarction, leukemia and brain tumour were ranked highest, whereas fibrositis, liver cirrhosis and depressive neurosis came lowest. Among the specialties, neurosurgery, cardiology and thorax surgery were top ranked, while geriatrics, dermatology and psychiatry had lowest prestige. The differences between the ratings of the doctors, medical students and representatives of other health professions were small. This result indicates that the resulting scales of prestige of diseases and specialties, besides being of interest in themselves, can be used for purposes of analysis, e.g. in analysis of the allocation of economic resources in the health services.
疾病和医学专业在社会声望方面存在差异。研究人员邀请了经验丰富的医生、两个不同年级的医学生以及其他卫生专业人员，让他们根据声望对38种疾病和22个医学专业及亚专业进行评分。所测得的声望差异很大。在疾病方面，心肌梗死、白血病和脑肿瘤排名最高，而纤维肌炎、肝硬化和抑郁性神经症排名最低。在专业方面，神经外科、心脏病学和胸外科排名靠前，而老年医学、皮肤科和精神病学的声望最低。医生、医学生和其他卫生专业人员的评分差异很小。这一结果表明，由此得出的疾病和专业声望量表，除了本身具有研究价值外，还可用于分析目的，例如分析卫生服务中的经济资源分配情况。
