Department of Health Systems, Management, and Policy, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Health Econ Policy Law. 2011 Jul;6(3):295-311. doi: 10.1017/S1744133110000186. Epub 2010 Aug 12.
Patients' increasing use of alternative sources of information besides their physician and more active involvement in medical decision making may be changing relationships between physicians and their patients. We term patients who provide medical information to their physicians from sources other than their physician as information-oriented patients and investigate the relationship between having such patients and physician career satisfaction. We find that having more information-oriented patients is significantly associated with lower physician career satisfaction. Though healthcare information from alternative sources other than their physicians is thought to promote better-informed patient choices, the adverse relationship with physician career satisfaction found in this study may have important implications for patient access and quality of care.
患者除了医生之外，越来越多地使用其他替代信息来源，并更积极地参与医疗决策，这可能正在改变医生和患者之间的关系。我们将那些从医生以外的来源向医生提供医疗信息的患者称为信息导向型患者，并调查这类患者与医生职业满意度之间的关系。我们发现，拥有更多信息导向型患者的医生，其职业满意度显著较低。虽然来自医生以外的替代医疗信息源被认为可以促进患者做出更明智的选择，但本研究发现的与医生职业满意度之间的不利关系，可能对患者的就医机会和医疗质量产生重要影响。
