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Evaluating Patient and Physician Cost Knowledge in the Emergency Department

NCT ID: NCT01883778

Last Updated: 2016-12-26

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

512 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-08-31

Study Completion Date

2013-08-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to identify existing cost knowledge of Emergency Medicine (EM) physicians and patients and investigates its reported impacts on medical compliance. A cross-sectional survey will be administered electronically to Emergency Medicine physicians at the University of Utah Hospital and the Emergency Physician Integrated Care, LLC (EPIC) who staff ten-community hospital Emergency Departments (ED) in order to investigate physician knowledge and attitudes regarding cost and perceived patient compliance. In addition, a cross-sectional survey will be administered to a convenience sample of patients presenting to the University of Utah Emergency Department to obtain information about their cost knowledge and reported compliance. All ED patients will complete a follow-up phone survey to measure compliance with recommendations made during the ED visits. Following administration of the baseline survey physicians will be provided the prices of the test and procedures and will be re-surveyed 30-days later as a post intervention test to measure changes in knowledge and attitudes.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Economic Problems

Keywords

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Attitudes of health personnel Attitudes of patients Medical compliance Cost awareness Cost analysis Patient knowledge Physician knowledge Medical economics Policy Questionnaires Health literacy

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Emergency Department Patients

No interventions assigned to this group

Emergency Medicine Physicians

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18 years old or older
* Deemed psychologically and medically stable by the ED care provide
* Speak English


* Employed in target medical practices

Exclusion Criteria

* Prisoner
* Brought to Emergency Department by Emergency Medical Service


* none
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Utah

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Camille Hollifield

PhD, MPH

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Broadwater-Hollifield C, Gren LH, Porucznik CA, Youngquist ST, Sundwall DN, Madsen TE. Emergency physician knowledge of reimbursement rates associated with emergency medical care. Am J Emerg Med. 2014 Jun;32(6):498-506. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.01.044. Epub 2014 Feb 3.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 24657227 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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00057136

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id