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Predicting physician utilization.

J L Tanner, W C Cockerham, J L Spaeth

    Medical Care
    |March 1, 1983
    PubMed
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    Understanding patient behavior is key to predicting physician utilization. A new variable combining symptom presence and perceived need for care significantly improves predictions, guiding future research on healthcare access.

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    Area of Science:

    • Health Services Research
    • Social Psychology
    • Medical Sociology

    Background:

    • Traditional social psychology models often lack predictive power in multivariate analyses of physician utilization.
    • Existing research struggles to accurately predict healthcare-seeking behavior using standard variables.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a more robust predictor of physician utilization.
    • To address the limitations of traditional process models in healthcare research.

    Main Methods:

    • Created a novel variable measuring both symptom presence and the individual's evaluation of the necessity for medical care.
    • Utilized multivariate analysis to assess the predictive strength of the new variable.

    Main Results:

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    • The newly created variable, respondent evaluated symptoms (RES), demonstrated significant predictive strength for physician utilization.
    • RES proved more effective than variables used in traditional process models.

    Conclusions:

    • Respondent evaluated symptoms (RES) is a strong predictor of physician utilization.
    • Future research should incorporate RES and available healthcare facility type into multivariate models for enhanced predictive accuracy.