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- The emergence of health care advocacy is a response to the complicated health care system, with a focus on how various factors affect the likelihood of hiring a health care advocate (HCA) for a chronically ill child.
- Researchers manipulated factors like the child's age, severity of illness, and probability of mortality using vignettes to determine their impact on the decision to hire an HCA.
- Results indicated that participants were more inclined to hire an HCA for younger children and those with less severe illnesses, suggesting that using an HCA can improve patient satisfaction and health outcomes.
Article Abstract
Introduction: In response to the increasing complexity of the health care system, the field of health care advocacy has emerged. However, little is known about variables that may influence a person's likelihood of hiring a health care advocate (HCA) for their chronically ill child.
Methods: Severity (high or low) and probability of mortality (high or low) of a child's chronic illness and the child's age (1, 7, or 13 years) were manipulated using vignettes. The dependent variable was a composite score of the eight items used to measure the participants' likelihood of hiring an HCA.
Results: Participants (N = 1052) were more likely to hire an HCA for a child who was 1 year old than for a child who was 13 years old. Participants were more likely to hire an HCA for a child whose chronic illness was low rather than high in severity and whose chronic illness was high rather than low in probability of mortality.
Discussion: Use of an HCA may increase patient satisfaction, decrease medical errors, and enhance pediatric health outcomes.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2010.06.016 | DOI Listing |
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