Lying to insurance companies: the desire to deceive among physicians and the public.
This study examines the public's and physicians' willingness to support deception of insurance companies in order to obtain necessary healthcare services and how this support varies based on perceptions of physicians' time pressures. Based on surveys of 700 prospective jurors and 1617 physicians, the public was more than twice as likely as physicians to sanction deception (26%versus 11%) and half as likely to believe that physicians have adequate time to appeal coverage decisions (22%versus 59%). The odds of public support for deception compared to that of physicians rose from 2.48 to 4.64 after controlling for differences in time perception. These findings highlight the ethical challenge facing physicians and patients in balancing patient advocacy with honesty in the setting of limited societal resources.
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- United States
- Time Management
- Surveys and Questionnaires
- Public Opinion
- Physicians
- Patient Advocacy
- Managed Care Programs
- Insurance, Health
- Insurance Coverage
- Insurance Carriers
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Published In
DOI
EISSN
ISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Related Subject Headings
- United States
- Time Management
- Surveys and Questionnaires
- Public Opinion
- Physicians
- Patient Advocacy
- Managed Care Programs
- Insurance, Health
- Insurance Coverage
- Insurance Carriers