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Paid Price Information on Image and Procedure Ordering Rates

NCT02611999 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1205

Last updated 2017-01-31

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Summary

The investigators' study seeks to explore the impact of price information on physicians' ordering behavior and care quality. The investigators will evaluate the impact of the physician price transparency initiative at Atrius Health (ATRIUS) on rate of overall procedure and test orders, clinically inappropriate orders, and appropriate orders. Ultimately, this study will help stakeholders understand the degree to which price information can help improve the value of healthcare.

Conditions

  • Healthy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Single median price information

Physicians in this Arm received a single median price in the electronic medical record at the time of ordering in addition to the paper memo.

BEHAVIORAL

Paired inside/outside price information

Physicians in this Arm received two prices (the inside and outside price) in the electronic medical record at the time of ordering in addition to the paper memo.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Alyna T Chien, MD, MS · Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Department of General Pediatrics, Division of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-01-31
Primary Completion
2014-12-31
Completion
2016-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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