Undertreatment and overtreatment in UK and US practice
| On a scale where 1=strongly disagree and 5=strongly agree, to what degree do you agree or disagree with the following statements: |
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| 1. Sometimes I feel the treatments I offer my patients are overly burdensome. |
| 2. Sometimes I feel we give up on patients too soon. |
| UK nurses | US internists | US medical attendings | US house officers | US nurses | |
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| For items 1 and 2, differences by profession and nationality are significant at p<0.0001 (one-way analysis of variance). | |||||
| 1. Treatment burdensome | 3.31 (52%) | 3.43 (58%) | 3.02 (45%) | 4.01 (78%) | 3.34 (51%) |
| 2. Give up too soon | 2.33 (20%) | 2.22 (15%) | 1.84 (7%) | 2.05 (8%) | 2.10 (12%) |