Open AccessThe Influence of Physician-Rating Websites on Patient Physician Preference
Author(s) -
Ajith Malige,
Kristofer S. Matullo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinics in orthopedic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.002
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2005-4408
pISSN - 2005-291X
DOI - 10.4055/cios19103
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , orthopedic surgery , referral , preference , demographics , private practice , population , reputation , surgery , demography , social science , environmental health , sociology , economics , microeconomics
Physician-rating websites (PRWs) are designed to publicly report physician quality information while bringing forth a sense of transparency. This study looks to identify the influence PRWs have on a patient's choice of orthopedic hand surgeon while stratifying patient physician preference by various demographic characteristics.