Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Am J Surg. 2021 Jan;221(1):101-105. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.06.016. Epub 2020 Jun 19.
With information on healthcare providers available on the internet, patient self-referral has become popular. This study serves to evaluate the ease with which patients can locate an Endocrine Surgeon using hospital websites.
Websites of the 16 top academic hospitals from The US News and World Report's Hospital Rankings for 2018-2019 were accessed. Each "Find A Doctor" page was searched for: "thyroid nodule," "hyperparathyroidism," and "adrenal mass." Data for suggested providers was collected and analyzed.
Search results for "thyroid nodule" found Endocrine Surgeons as the predominant providers at 6% institutions, 25% suggested none. For "hyperparathyroidism," 31% institutions suggested a majority of Endocrine Surgeons, 19% suggested none. For "adrenal mass," 25% had Endocrine Surgeons as the predominant providers, 31% suggested none.
The majority of hospitals did not suggest Endocrine Surgeons as the predominant providers for the queried conditions, demonstrating the challenge patients face in finding an Endocrine Surgeon through hospital websites.
随着互联网上可获取的医疗服务提供者信息的增加，患者自行转诊已经变得流行起来。本研究旨在评估患者通过医院网站找到内分泌外科医生的难易程度。
访问了《美国新闻与世界报道》2018-2019 年医院排名中前 16 名学术医院的网站。在每个“寻找医生”页面上搜索了“甲状腺结节”、“甲状旁腺功能亢进症”和“肾上腺肿块”。收集并分析了建议提供方的数据。
“甲状腺结节”的搜索结果显示，6%的机构将内分泌外科医生作为主要的提供者，25%的机构建议没有。对于“甲状旁腺功能亢进症”，31%的机构建议大多数是内分泌外科医生，19%的机构建议没有。对于“肾上腺肿块”，25%的机构将内分泌外科医生作为主要的提供者，31%的机构建议没有。
大多数医院并未建议内分泌外科医生作为所查询病症的主要提供者，这表明患者通过医院网站寻找内分泌外科医生面临挑战。
