Rotated Factor Matrixa | Factor* | |
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1 | 2 | |
Discuss costs of care with students or other members of the health care team when making patient care decisions | .701 | |
Initiate a conversation about costs of care when discussing treatment options | .657 | |
Seek cost-effectiveness data to inform their clinical decision making | .535 | |
Point out examples of waste in the health care system | .520 | |
Ask a student or other member of the health care team to explain how a test result will affect patient management | .477 | |
Praise a student or resident for ordering a cost-effective diagnostic workup | .456 | |
Explain to a patient why a particular diagnostic test is not necessary | .416 | |
Prescribe a brand name drug when an equivalent generic is available because a patient asks for the brand name drug specifically | .670 | |
Order a more expensive test or treatment because a patient requests it even if it offers only a small potential benefit compared to less costly alternatives | .661 | |
Order numerous tests all at once rather than waiting to see the results of initial screening tests first | .461 | |
Repeat tests rather than attempt to obtain recently performed test results (e.g., by requesting a patient’s outside records) | .382 | |
Refer a patient to a specialist because the patient wants it even when the physician does not believe a referral is indicated | .374 | |
Criticize a student or resident for failing to order routine daily labs on a stable hospitalized patient | .346 |