Referring physicians' perceptions of the neuropsychological evaluation: how are we doing? Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Clinical neuropsychologists often serve as consultants to physicians. However, little is known about physicians' perceptions of the neuropsychological evaluation. Therefore, the present study examined the opinions of physicians who referred patients for neuropsychological evaluation. Surveys were mailed with the neuropsychological reports to 119 physicians who referred patients to an outpatient hospital-based neuropsychology practice over a 2-year period. Results showed that physicians requesting neuropsychological evaluations most commonly sought assistance with establishing and confirming a diagnosis, and they reported a high level of satisfaction with the evaluation, including strong agreement with diagnosis and recommendations. These findings did not differ based on physician specialty or patient diagnosis.

publication date

  • December 1, 2002

Research

keywords

  • Cognition Disorders
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Physicians
  • Referral and Consultation

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0038487891

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1076/clin.16.4.551.13902

PubMed ID

  • 12822063

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 16

issue

  • 4