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Salient issues in choosing a new doctor

F D Wolinsky, S R Steiber

    Social Science & Medicine (1982)
    |January 1, 1982
    PubMed
    Summary

    Patient choices for a new doctor depend on socioeconomic status and access to care. Factors like relationship quality, cost, and physician affiliation influence these decisions, revealing distinct behavioral patterns.

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    Area of Science:

    • Health Services Research
    • Medical Sociology
    • Consumer Health Behavior

    Background:

    • Selecting a new doctor is a critical phase in patient-practitioner relationships.
    • Factors influencing health service utilization are hypothesized to impact physician choice.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To determine how traditional predictors of health services utilization influence the selection of new physicians.
    • To identify key factors patients consider when choosing a new doctor.

    Main Methods:

    • Analysis of data from a national survey of 1530 adults.
    • Utilized discriminant function and multivariate contingency analyses.

    Main Results:

    • Identified five distinct behavioral patterns in physician selection based on socioeconomic status and access to care.
    • Lower socioeconomic status individuals prioritized psychosocial aspects or cost, while higher status individuals focused on hospital affiliation, group practice, or friend recommendations.

    Conclusions:

    • Socioeconomic status and healthcare access significantly shape patient priorities in choosing a physician.
    • Findings have implications for health service utilization models, patient satisfaction, and medical education strategies.

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