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| Title |
Communicating information about “what not to do” to consumers
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, December 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6947-13-s3-s2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
John S Santa |
| Abstract |
Americans devote more resources to health care than any other developed country, and yet they have worse health outcomes and less access. This creates a perfect set of opportunities for Consumer Reports, a nonprofit consumer advocacy and multimedia organization known for its focus on individual consumers in markets where significant amounts of misinformation is in play. Consumer Reports uses comparisons/ratings based on the best available data to "level" the market playing field. While our early efforts to inform consumers of overuse and underuse in health care were successful, we sensed there were opportunities to have greater impact. Over a 5-year period, with the help of many partners, Consumer Reports learned more about how to communicate "what not to do" to consumers, ultimately enhancing the effectiveness of this difficult message. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 14 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 5 | 36% |
| United States | 2 | 14% |
| Spain | 1 | 7% |
| India | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 5 | 36% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 43% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 29% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 14% |
| Scientists | 2 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 57 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Colombia | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 54 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 12 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 7% |
| Librarian | 3 | 5% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 13 | 23% |
| Unknown | 16 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 13 | 23% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 9% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 5 | 9% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 3 | 5% |
| Psychology | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 10 | 18% |
| Unknown | 18 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 January 2019.
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#3,625,414
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Outputs from BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
#295
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#40,982
of 320,655 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
#9
of 44 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 2,130 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 5.3. This one has done well, scoring higher than 86% of its peers.
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