Contributions of Second Opinions, Outcome Forecasts, and Testimonials to Patient Decisions about Knee Replacement Surgery

Conclusions. Information provided in a decision aid, including person-specific outcome forecasts and testimonials, can affect patient choices. The strong effect of testimonials and respondents’ interest in reviewing them reinforces concerns about unwanted influence when testimonials are biased.

Source: Medical Decision Making - June 12, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Hoffmann, S., Caro, F. G., Gottlieb, A. S., Kesternich, I., Winter, J. K. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research