Cost-effectiveness of a second opinion program on spine surgeries: an economic analysis

Daniel Tavares Malheiro # 2, Eliane Antonioli # 1, Isabela Dias Paião 2, Mario Lenza 2, Miguel Cendoroglo Neto 2, Vanessa Damazio Teich 2

The behaviors of seeking a second opinion from other health-care professionals and the utilization of complementary and alternative medicine in gynecologic cancer patients.

 D K L Cheng,  H Y S Ngan,  T Y Ng, K F Tam

Patients’ reactions and physician-patient communication in a mandatory surgical second-opinion program

D Lynne, E V Herbst, S A Gorman, S N Rosenberg, S Snitzer

Seeking a second opinion: do patients need a second opinion when practice guidelines exist?

 Alain Bremond,  Amiram Gafni,  Marie-Odile Carrere, Nora Moumjid

Why do patients seek a second opinion or alternative medicine?

 M J Verhoef, L R Sutherland

Who gets second opinions?

 L S Wagner, T H Wagner

Second Medical Opinion: Utilization Rates and Characteristics of Seekers in a General Population

 Erez Shmueli,  Geva Greenfield,  Igal Hekselman,  Joseph S Pliskin,  Nadav Davidovitch,  Ran D Balicer, Liora Shmueli

Patient-Driven Second Opinions in Oncology: A Systematic Review

 Ellen M A Smets,  Joost G Daams,  Niki M Medendorp, Marij A Hillen

Overconfidence as a cause of diagnostic error in medicine

 Mark L Graber, Eta S Berner

The incidence of diagnostic error in medicine

 Mark L Graber

Ethical and legal implications in seeking and providing a second medical opinion

 Christoph Beglinger,  Majid Hassan,  Theodore Rokkas,  Yaron Niv, Anthony Axon

What is the value of patient-sought second opinions?

 M Bijl,  R Gans, M Mustafa

Patient-initiated second opinions: systematic review of characteristics and impact on diagnosis, treatment, and satisfaction

 Ashley N D Meyer,  David Harrison,  Hardeep Singh,  Lewis Levy,  Mark L Graber, Velma L Payne

Is there evidence for a better health care for cancer patients after a second opinion? A systematic review

 Christian Keinki,  Jutta Huebner,  Patrick Liebl,  Sarah Schroth, Dana Ruetters

Patient-initiated second medical opinions: their necessity and economic cost

 A C Ho,  A F Smith,  C D Regillo,  G C Brown,  J A McNamara,  J F Vander,  W Tasman, W E Benson

Why do newly diagnosed breast cancer patients seek a second opinion? – Second opinion seeking and its association with the physician-patient relationship

 Antje Dresen,  Holger Pfaff,  Sophie E Groß, Marij A Hillen, Natalia Cecon

Values and risks of second opinion in Japan’s universal health-care system

 Atsushi Okawa,  Kazuo Kawahara,  Yujiro Tanaka, Sawako Okamoto

Second opinion behaviour among Japanese primary care patients

 M Takeichi,  S Koizumi,  T Hara, T Sato

Reasons, perceived outcomes and characteristics of second-opinion seekers: are there differences in private vs. public settings?

 Geva Greenfield,  Igal Hekselman,  Joseph S Pliskin,  Nadav Davidovitch,  Ran D Balicer, Liora Shmueli

Patient satisfaction in neurological second opinions and tertiary referrals

 E M A Smets,  E Richard,  J Stam,  L Wieske,  M D I Vergouwen, D Wijers

Cancer patients seeking a second surgical opinion: results of a study on motives, needs, and expectations

 A M M Eggermont,  A M V Dulmen,  J M Bensing,  P M M Spreeuwenberg,  Th Wiggers, W A M Mellink

Discrepancy between second and first opinion in surgical oncological patients

 A H H Bongaerts,  B V Ooijen,  C J Rodenburg,  S C Henzen-Logmans,  T H Wiggers, W A M Mellink

Second opinions in oncology: the experiences of patients attending the Sydney Cancer Centre

 Heather L Shepherd,  Jesse Jansen,  Lisa G Horvath,  Michael L Boyer,  Rachel F Dear,  Rhonda J Devine, Martin H N Tattersall

Information Deficits and Second Opinion Seeking – A Survey on Cancer Patients

 Christian Keinki,  Eckart Seilacher,  Hani Hanaya,  Jutta Huebner,  Marie-Jolin Koester,  Patrick Liebl, Tobias Fuchs