Table 3 Reasons GPs judged to be the most important for not informing patients about treatments and making trade-offs between cost and health benefit
From: Bedside rationing by general practitioners: A postal survey in the Danish public healthcare system
| Â | Side-effects | Effects | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Most important reason for not informing | No info treatment (N = 223) | No info trade-off (N = 132) | No info treatment (N = 160) | No info trade-off (N = 128) |
Information not useful to patients | 63 | 59 | 55 | 68 |
Various other reasons | 25 | 19 | 29 | 15 |
Unwillingness to enter discussion with patients | 7 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
Lack of time | 5 | 12 | 6 | 9 |