Do we know the costs of what we prescribe? A study on awareness of the cost of drugs and devices among ICU staff
Do we know the costs of what we prescribe? A study on awareness of the cost of drugs and devices among ICU staff
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DOI：
10.1007/s001340050744
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发表时间：
1998-11-01
影响因子：
38.9
通讯作者：
Gasparetto, A
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作者：
Conti, G;Dell'Utri, D;Gasparetto, A
目的：评估不同经验水平的重症监护病房 (ICU) 医生（高级重症监护医生、初级重症监护医生、住院医生）对药品和器械的成本意识水平。设计：访谈问卷。地点：罗马大学 ICU“La Sapienza”参与者：60 名 ICU 医生（40 名麻醉和重症监护专家，20 名住院医生）。测量和结果：药品和器械的估计价格与实际价格进行比较正确的价格；真实价格 +/- 20% 范围内的反应被任意认为是正确的；所有医生亚组对价格的估计都不准确，这表明专业经验对成本意识没有任何影响。结论：研究中的医生对药品和设备的成本意识表现出高度不准确。
Objective: To evaluate the level of cost awareness of drugs and devices among intensive care unit (ICU) doctors with Variable levels of experience (senior intensivists, junior intensivists, residents).Design: Interview-questionnaire.Setting: ICU of the University of Rome "La Sapienza"Participants: 60 ICU doctors (40 specialists in anaesthesia and intensive care, 20 residents).Measurements and results: The estimated prices of drugs and devices were compared with the correct prices; responses within a range +/- 20 % of the true price were arbitrarily considered correct; all the subgroups of doctors made inaccurate estimates of the prices, showing an absence of any impact of professional experience of cost awareness.Conclusion: The doctors in the study showed a high level of inacurrate cost awareness of drugs and devices.