Referring physicians' intention to use hospital report cards for hospital referral purposes in the presence or absence of patient-reported outcomes: a randomized trial.
Martin EmmertAnja SchindlerLaura HeppeUwe SanderChristiane PatzeltMichael LauererEckhard NagelCornelia FrömkeOliver SchöffskiCordula DrachPublished in: The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care (2023)
This study underpins the purpose of HRCs, namely to support referring physicians in searching for a hospital. Nevertheless, only a minority would support the use of HRCs for the next hospital search in its current form. We showed that presenting relevant information on HRCs did not increase their use intention.