TY - JOUR
T1 - Decision making and physician prescribing characteristics
T2 - a pilot study of Japanese physicians.
AU - Shibuya, Akiko
AU - Nakayama, Masaharu
AU - Inoue, Ryusuke
AU - Imai, Yutaka
AU - Kondo, Yoshiaki
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The factors that affect physicians' prescribing remain unclear. Although previous reports suggest that prescription decisions are associated with various clinical situation, most of these studies analyzed simulated patient models rather than actual clinical practice. Here, we retrospectively analyzed actual cases of statin prescription for hyperlipidemia at Tohoku University Hospital between Apr 1, 2004 and Mar 31, 2008. Twelve physicians (6 cardiologists, 3 nephrologist, and 3 diabetologist) made decisions on whether to prescribe statins to 187 patients in 788 visits. As expected, cardiologists started prescribing statins at significantly lower serum total cholesterol levels than other specialists (221.7mg/dL vs. 244.7mg/dL, P<0.05). Interestingly, the total cholesterol levels that triggered prescribing differed significantly among cardiologists (p<0.05). These results suggested that prescription decisions differed not only among specialties but also among individuals.
AB - The factors that affect physicians' prescribing remain unclear. Although previous reports suggest that prescription decisions are associated with various clinical situation, most of these studies analyzed simulated patient models rather than actual clinical practice. Here, we retrospectively analyzed actual cases of statin prescription for hyperlipidemia at Tohoku University Hospital between Apr 1, 2004 and Mar 31, 2008. Twelve physicians (6 cardiologists, 3 nephrologist, and 3 diabetologist) made decisions on whether to prescribe statins to 187 patients in 788 visits. As expected, cardiologists started prescribing statins at significantly lower serum total cholesterol levels than other specialists (221.7mg/dL vs. 244.7mg/dL, P<0.05). Interestingly, the total cholesterol levels that triggered prescribing differed significantly among cardiologists (p<0.05). These results suggested that prescription decisions differed not only among specialties but also among individuals.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 20351926
AN - SCOPUS:79953787923
VL - 2009
SP - 604
EP - 608
JO - AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium
JF - AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium
SN - 1559-4076
ER -