Adoption of cost consciousness: Attitudes, practices, and knowledge among Israeli physicians

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-51

  Wilf Miron, Rachel ^a,b   Uziel, Liad ^c,f   Aviram, Alexander ^b,d,g   Carmeli, Abraham ^e,h   Shani, Mordechai ^b,d,i   Shemer, Joshua ^b,d,i  

^a MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e Pilat Management Consulting

^f HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^g National Institute for Health Policy   (Israel)

^h Department of Research and Evaluation   (Israel)

ⁱ GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cost consciousness; Cost containment; Health care; Israel; Physician

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HOSPITALS;

COST CONSCIOUSNESS; COST CONTAINMENT; ISRAEL; PHYSICIANS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COST CONTROL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 38549095149     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: 14716348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462307080063     Document Type: Article

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