Dataset Information

Clinician Conceptualization of the Benefits of Treatments for Individual Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Knowing the expected effect of treatment on an individual patient is essential for patient care.

Objective

To explore clinicians' conceptualizations of the chance that treatments will decrease the risk of disease outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

This survey study of attending and resident physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants was conducted in outpatient clinical settings in 8 US states from June 2018 to November 2019. The survey was an in-person, paper, 26-item survey in which clinicians were asked to estimate the probability of adverse disease outcomes and expected effects of therapies for diseases common in primary care.