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Medical Training and the Costs of Health Care
Author(s) -
Catchlove B. R.,
Spring Stuart,
Garrick C.,
Hall Jane
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1978.tb131566.x
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , training (meteorology) , medical education , health care , quality (philosophy) , nursing , psychology , business , medicine , political science , philosophy , physics , communication , epistemology , meteorology , law
Interns who were appointed in 1978 were surveyed on their knowledge of hospital costs, on their attitudes to cost containment, and on their undergraduate training in the economic and political issues which currently affect the medical profession. It appears that medical students trained at New South Wales universities receive little instruction in costs, financial mechanisms, or the economic implications of health care; and it also appears that undergraduate training does not develop their awareness of current issues such as cost containment, peer review, and quality assurance.