Question:

What is a "KAB Profile?"

Answer:

The Center has special expertise in developing surveys that elicit provider knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs (KAB) about diagnostic and medical decision-making, and can design surveys that link individual provider "KAB Profiles" to patterns of care. Data indicate that different providers, when faced with the same set of facts, often make vastly differnent diagnostic and therapeutic decisions.

The baseline "KAB Profile" of an individual providers helps to predict how that provider will act, and whether or not the action will be appropriate (as defined by practice guidelines). Knowing which "KAB Profiles" predict inappropriate or cost-ineffective care allows for the development of tailored interventions aimed at increasing appropriate care by targeting specific identified deficiencies in medical decision-making.

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