What factors do patients consider when choosing a hand surgeon?

This study evaluated what patients consider in choosing a surgeon. A survey was given to 303 patients. Most found their hand surgeon through a medical or family/friend referral (p < .05). Surgeon credentials and accepted insurance were statistically more likely to be rated first (p<.001). We r...

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Autores principales: Debkowska, Monika, Lynch, Brian, Ruskin, Jeremy, Komatsu, David, Caradonna, Samuel, Wang, Edward, Muhlrad, Samantha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10281408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37346889
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2023.2222802
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Wang, Edward
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description This study evaluated what patients consider in choosing a surgeon. A survey was given to 303 patients. Most found their hand surgeon through a medical or family/friend referral (p < .05). Surgeon credentials and accepted insurance were statistically more likely to be rated first (p<.001). We recommend educating referring physicians about our practices.
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spelling pubmed-102814082023-06-21 What factors do patients consider when choosing a hand surgeon? Debkowska, Monika Lynch, Brian Ruskin, Jeremy Komatsu, David Caradonna, Samuel Wang, Edward Muhlrad, Samantha Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg Case Report This study evaluated what patients consider in choosing a surgeon. A survey was given to 303 patients. Most found their hand surgeon through a medical or family/friend referral (p < .05). Surgeon credentials and accepted insurance were statistically more likely to be rated first (p<.001). We recommend educating referring physicians about our practices. Taylor & Francis 2023-06-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10281408/ /pubmed/37346889 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2023.2222802 Text en © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
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