Patient knowledge and antibiotic abuse: Evidence from an audit study in China

Janet Currie (First Author), Wei Zhang (Participant Author), Wanchuan Lin (Participant Author)

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摘要

We conduct an audit study in which a pair of simulated patients with identical flu-like complaints visits the same physician. Simulated patient A is instructed to ask a question that showcases his/her knowledge of appropriate antibiotic use, whereas patient B is instructed to say nothing beyond describing his/her symptoms. We find that a patient who displays knowledge of appropriate antibiotics use reduces both antibiotic prescription rates and drug expenditures. Such knowledge also increases physicians’ information provision about possible side effects, but has a negative impact on the quality of the physician–patient interactions. Our results suggest that antibiotics abuse in China is not driven by patients actively demanding antibiotics, but is largely a supply-side phenomenon.
源语言英语
页(从-至)933-949
期刊Journal of Health Economics
30
5
DOI
出版状态已出版 - 2011

Corresponding author email

jcurrie@princeton.edu, wlin@gsm.pku.edu.cn

Project name

新型农村合作医疗的筹资、支付与补偿制度:以健康管理为核心

Project sponsor

国家自然科学基金

Project No.

70903003

关键词

  • Antibiotics
  • China
  • Physician
  • Prescription

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  • ABDC-A*
  • SCIE
  • Scopus
  • SCI
  • SSCI
  • PubMed

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