From: Cost-consciousness among Swiss doctors: a cross-sectional survey
 | Percent responding |  | |||||
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Item | Missing | Totally disagree | Disagree | Not sure | Agree | Totally agree | Mean (SD) |
Trying to contain costs is the responsibility of every doctor. | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 5.8 | 45.8 | 44.2 | 4.3 (0.8) |
There is currently too much emphasis on costs of tests and procedures. a | 1.4 | 5.2 | 18.4 | 15.8 | 42.2 | 18.3 | 2.5 (1.1) |
Doctors need to take a more prominent role in limiting use of unnecessary tests. | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 6.2 | 50.6 | 41.1 | 4.3 (0.7) |
Doctors are too busy to worry about the costs of tests and procedures. a | 0.8 | 33.6 | 35.0 | 16.2 | 12.3 | 2.9 | 3.8 (1.1) |
The cost of a test or medication is only important if the patient has to pay for it out-of-pocket. a | 0.9 | 59.7 | 28.7 | 6.6 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 4.4 (0.9) |
It is unfair to ask doctors to be cost-conscious and still keep the welfare of their patients foremost in their minds. a | 1.4 | 19.6 | 34.7 | 18.8 | 19.0 | 8.0 | 3.4 (1.2) |