Does Patient Demand Contribute to the Overuse of Prescription Drugs?
This study conducted an experiment in Mali to test whether patients pressure doctors to prescribe medical treatment they do not necessarily need. The experiment varied patients’ information about a discount for antimalarial tablets and measured dem...
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okr-10986-348372022-09-20T00:11:10Z Does Patient Demand Contribute to the Overuse of Prescription Drugs? Lopez, Carolina Sautmann, Anja Schaner, Simone MALARIA PRESCRIPTION DRUG DEMAND HEALTH CARE OVERUSE DOCTOR-PATIENT INTERACTION PRESCRIPTION DRUG USE This study conducted an experiment in Mali to test whether patients pressure doctors to prescribe medical treatment they do not necessarily need. The experiment varied patients’ information about a discount for antimalarial tablets and measured demand for both tablets and costlier antimalarial injections. The study finds evidence of patient-driven demand: informing patients about the discount, instead of letting doctors decide to share this information, increased discount use by 35 percent and overall malaria treatment by 10 percent. These marginal patients rarely had malaria, worsening the illness-treatment match. Providers did not use the information advantage to sell injections -- their use fell in both information conditions. 2020-11-30T22:02:09Z 2020-11-30T22:02:09Z 2020-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/780321606314613926/Does-Patient-Demand-Contribute-to-the-Overuse-of-Prescription-Drugs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34837 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9482 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Africa Western and Central (AFW) Mali |
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This study conducted an experiment in
Mali to test whether patients pressure doctors to prescribe
medical treatment they do not necessarily need. The
experiment varied patients’ information about a discount for
antimalarial tablets and measured demand for both tablets
and costlier antimalarial injections. The study finds
evidence of patient-driven demand: informing patients about
the discount, instead of letting doctors decide to share
this information, increased discount use by 35 percent and
overall malaria treatment by 10 percent. These marginal
patients rarely had malaria, worsening the illness-treatment
match. Providers did not use the information advantage to
sell injections -- their use fell in both information conditions. |
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Working Paper |
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Lopez, Carolina Sautmann, Anja Schaner, Simone |
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Lopez, Carolina Sautmann, Anja Schaner, Simone |
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Lopez, Carolina |
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Does Patient Demand Contribute to the Overuse of Prescription Drugs? |
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Does Patient Demand Contribute to the Overuse of Prescription Drugs? |
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Does Patient Demand Contribute to the Overuse of Prescription Drugs? |
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Does Patient Demand Contribute to the Overuse of Prescription Drugs? |
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Does Patient Demand Contribute to the Overuse of Prescription Drugs? |
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does patient demand contribute to the overuse of prescription drugs? |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2020 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/780321606314613926/Does-Patient-Demand-Contribute-to-the-Overuse-of-Prescription-Drugs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34837 |
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