How expectations shape testing in healthcare

该项目旨在了解支持在医疗保健中使用测试技术的乐观主义的社会文化过程。澳大利亚人正在使用更多的检测，这增加了医疗成本。该项目将使用澳大利亚国家癌症筛查方案和常规临床实践作为案例研究，以确定社会学术语中的人类决策特征。该项目希望增进对影响医疗保健环境中决策和行为的社会文化因素的理解，并帮助制定有效的社会和经济政策。

This project aims to understand the sociocultural processes underpinning optimism for the use of testing technologies in healthcare. Australians are using more tests, which increases healthcare costs. This project will use the Australian national cancer screening programmes and routine clinical practice as case studies to determine human decision-making traits in sociological terms. The project expects to increase understanding of the sociocultural factors that influence decision-making and behaviour in healthcare settings, and help formulate effective social and economic policies.