|
Certainty: Using a scale of 0-1, with 0 indicating no certainty and 1 indicating complete certainty, how certain are you that this patient has CHD (rescaled for our analysis) |
0.57 |
0.23 |
|
Tests: Which tests or lab work would you order today? |
|
|
| Number of tests ordered |
6.52 |
2.42 |
|
Medications: Which medications would you prescribe today? |
|
|
| Number of medications prescribed |
2.24 |
1.32 |
|
Advice: What specific advice would you offer this patient today? |
|
|
| Pieces of advice given |
4.13 |
3.34 |
|
Questions: In addition to information elicited in the vignette, what other information would you like to obtain before deciding what's going on with the patient today? |
|
|
| Number of questions asked |
11.19 |
6.04 |
| Patient characteristics |
| Percent Female (vs. Male) |
50.0 |
- |
| Percent 75 (vs. 55) |
50.0 |
- |
| Percent Black (vs. White) |
50.0 |
- |
| Percent Job=Teacher (vs. Job=Janitor) |
50.0 |
- |
|
IT Variables (Percent Yes): Which of the following resources (programs or tools) do you use in your practice? Please select YES or NO for each of the following: |
|
|
| DP: “PDA or computer-based tools for estimating individual patients' risk of specific diseases” |
51.0 |
- |
| Reminders: “Electronic reminders in either your medical records or your scheduling systems (electronic appointment or testing reminders, etc.)” |
53.4 |
|
| Feedback: “Any types of audit, feedback, or tracking reports (electronic, paper, telephone or fax)” |
79.8 |
|
| Proxy variables for unobserved MD characteristics |
0.0 |
|
| Email: “Electronic communications (email or other web-based communications) with patients” (Percent Yes) |
28.2 |
- |
| “In our group practice we value information technologies” (Percent “often/a great extent” vs. “sometimes/not at all”) |
82.2 |
- |
| “In our group practice we are quick to adopt new techniques and practices” (Percent “often/a great extent” vs. “sometimes/not at all”) |
48.6 |
- |
| MD controls |
| Experience (years) |
18.22 |
10.57 |
| Percent Female (vs. Male) |
50.0 |
- |
| Percent US/Canadian Medical School (vs. Other) |
85.4 |
- |
| Percent (Graduate from top 25 schools) |
21.3 |
- |
| Percent (Practice Size Solo) |
21.0 |
|
| Percent (Practice Size 2-3) |
22.6 |
- |
| Percent (Practice Size 4-10) |
31.0 |
- |
| Percent (Practice Size 11+) |
25.4 |
- |
| Percent South Carolina (vs. North Carolina) |
34.0 |
- |
| Percent Urban Area (vs. Rural Area) |
68.0 |
- |
