Entities with potential responsibility to reduce costs of health care | Major responsibility, n (%)b | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Practicing physicians | Medical students | p-value | ||
Age 30–40 years (n = 350) | All yearsc (n = 3395) | Unadjustedd | Adjusted for sexe | |
Health insurance companies | 222/337 (66) | 2166/2933 (74) | 0.002 | 0.001 |
Hospitals and health systems | 182/336 (54) | 2297/2930 (78) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Pharmaceutical and device manufacturers | 196/336 (58) | 1971/2932 (67) | 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Government | 154/336 (46) | 1886/2932 (64) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Physician professional societies | 85/334 (25) | 1218/2933 (42) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Employers | 56/334 (17) | 860/2925 (29) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Trial lawyers | 187/333 (56) | 954/2918 (33) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Patients | 172/335 (51) | 706/2929 (24) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Individual practicing physicians | 120/336 (36) | 1171/2933 (40) | 0.13 | 0.001 |