Estimating costs of diagnostic medical procedures: an informal look.
A recent survey of health care practitioners, conducted to assess their knowledge of the cost to patients of a number of medical diagnostic procedures, showed a lack of familiarity with prices. This inquiry was replicated using as a sample students and faculty at a collegiate school of business. As with the original study, the results suggest a tendency to underestimate patient billing costs.
Baruch College, New York, N.Y.
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000191:economics*; D005251:Fees, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education; D007600:Judgment