The Case for Intervention Bias in the Practice of Medicine¶
Foy, A. J., & Filippone, E. J. (2013). The Case for Intervention Bias in the Practice of Medicine. Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 86(2), 271-280.
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Primes¶
- Action Bias
- In clinical medicine it is the tendency to order tests, prescribe drugs, or perform procedures even when watchful waiting has equal or better expected outcomes, the "don't just stand there, do something" pull.
This sourceArgues that physicians and the medical community are biased toward intervening (drugs, tests, procedures, surgery) where not intervening is a reasonable alternative, documenting the clinical tendency to act where watchful waiting has equal or better expected outcomes.
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Foy and Filippone define intervention bias: physicians' tendency to use drugs, tests, procedures or surgery when not intervening would be a reasonable alternative.
“We use the term to describe the bias on the part of physicians and the medical community to intervene, whether it is with drugs, diagnostic tests, non-invasive procedures, or surgeries, when not intervening would be a reasonable alternative.”
- In clinical medicine it is the tendency to order tests, prescribe drugs, or perform procedures even when watchful waiting has equal or better expected outcomes, the "don't just stand there, do something" pull.
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