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The Impact Of Decision Aids On Adults Considering Hip Or Knee Surgery.
- Source :
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Health affairs (Project Hope) [Health Aff (Millwood)] 2020 Jan; Vol. 39 (1), pp. 100-107. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Trials of decision aids developed for use in shared decision making find that patients engaged in that process tend to choose more conservative treatment for preference-sensitive conditions. Shared decision making is a collaborative process in which clinicians and patients discuss trade-offs and benefits of specific treatment options in light of patients' values and preferences. Decision aids are paper, video, or web-based tools intended to help patients match personal preferences with available treatment options. We analyzed data for 2012-15 about patients within the ten High Value Healthcare Collaborative member systems who were exposed to condition-specific decision aids in the context of consultations for hip and knee osteoarthritis, with the intention that the aids be used to support shared decision making. Compared to matched patients not exposed to the decision aids, those exposed had two-and-a-half times the odds of undergoing hip replacement surgery and nearly twice the odds of undergoing knee replacement surgery within six months of the consultation. These findings suggest that health care systems adopting decision aids developed for use in shared decision making, and used in conjunction with hip and knee osteoarthritis consultations, should not expect reduced surgical utilization.
- Subjects :
- Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Orthopedic Procedures statistics & numerical data
Patient Participation
Referral and Consultation
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip statistics & numerical data
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee statistics & numerical data
Decision Making, Shared
Decision Support Techniques
Patient Preference psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1544-5208
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Health affairs (Project Hope)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 31905066
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00100