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Consumer Preferences and Online Comparison Tools Used to Select a Surgeon

Author(s) -

Justin Ziemba,

Mohamad E. Allaf,

Dalal Haldeman

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

jama surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 2168-6262

pISSN - 2168-6254

DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.4993

Subject(s) - medicine , medline , medical physics , general surgery , law , political science

Consumer Preferences and Online Comparison Tools Used to Select a Surgeon The public reporting of physician quality is mandated by the US federal government and made accessible through the website Physician Compare.1 However, Physician Compare is only 1 of several online resources that provide physician ratings to consumers.2 Despite the widespread availability of this information, little is known about how consumers use it to make decisions regarding health care, particularly when selecting a surgeon.

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