Does cost feedback modify demand for common blood tests in secondary care? A prospective controlled intervention study | Zendy

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Does cost feedback modify demand for common blood tests in secondary care? A prospective controlled intervention study

Author(s) -

Sarah Lewis,

Ben Young,

Peter Thurley,

Dominick Shaw,

Jo Cranwell,

Rob Skelly,

Tessa Langley,

Mark Norwood,

Nigel Sturrock,

Andrew Fogarty

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

future healthcare journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2514-6653

pISSN - 2514-6645

DOI - 10.7861/fhj.2019-0001

Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , medicine , confidence interval , psychological intervention , prospective cohort study , health care , blood test , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , surgery , nursing , economics , economic growth

Behavioural insights or 'nudge' theory suggests that non-directional interventions may be used to modify human behaviour. We have tested the hypothesis that the provision of the cost of common blood tests with their results may modify subsequent demand for blood assays.

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