Clinical decision-making: physicians' preferences and experiences

BMC Primary Care

Table 7 Odds ratios for physicians encouraging patients to look for information often or sometimes

	Odds Ratio	95% CI
Preferred role in clinical decision-making*
Paternalism	1.00
Shared decision-making	2.78	1.68 – 4.60
Consumerism	3.81	1.63 – 8.90
*Physician perceptions of frequency of having enough time with patients during a visit*
Often/Sometimes	1.00
Hardly ever/Never	2.00	1.07 – 3.76

* Physicians who preferred consumerism were no more likely to encourage patients to look for information than physicians who preferred shared decision-making (OR 1.37; 95% CI 0.65 – 2.88).

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