"Patient expectation has changed an awful lot too", she says.
A major impediment to minimizing testing is patient expectation.
It is likely that advances would be matched by an escalation of patient expectation.
"And patient expectation of what quality treatment they receive is based on what the eye can see".
Doctors need to be held accountable for over-testing, but let's not forget how patient expectation affects the issue.
In fact, there is evidence that up to a third of physicians would yield to ordering expensive unwarranted MRIs based on patient expectation and pressure.
"So," he sighs, holding his hands up in patient expectation, "they won't get it until they get it". I can't wait to hear the screams in the pantheon.
Determining the adequacy of these policies to meet legal conformity together with clinical users and patient expectation is demanding in practice.
This has resulted in a commensurate increase in patient expectation regarding longevity and the degree to which function and lifestyle is restored.
Perceived effectiveness, treatment preference, and patient expectation were assessed before random assignment, and patient satisfaction was assessed 6 months later.
Patient expectation remained significant after adjusting for Medicare's 3-day requirement for discharge to ECFs (P<0.001).
