A Survey on the attitudes and practices concerning cost-effectiveness in respect of UG and PG Siddha Doctors towards Patient Care Management in Chennai district

Background. In spite of the fact that cost-adequacy plays an acknowledged part in expansive clinical
approaches, there is little awareness of how doctors integrate it into choices. Doctors see cost-viability
as a suitable model while settling on treatment choices for their patients. Regardless of their help for
cost-adequacy in principle, doctors seem conflicting by the way they apply it practically. Whenever costviability
is to be utilized as an apparent standard in understanding choices, doctors and patients need to
foster agreement on cycle and correspondence issues. Some medical care suppliers feel uncomfortable
to lead cost correspondence. Their eagerness to talk about costs with their patients is questionable.
Objective. To identify the view of Siddha Doctors regarding their attitudes and experience towards
cost-containment, cost-effectiveness and cost communication in clinical decision making in respect of
patients. Methods. Survey was conducted in Chennai District from January to April in 2022. Total 122
Under Graduate and Post Graduate Siddha Doctors from various Hospitals and Clinics and Institutions
participated in the study. Questionnaire method was used to record the response pertaining to
attitudes regarding the cost communication and data was analysed. Result. Most Siddha doctors see
cost-viability as a fitting part of clinical choices and deliberate that the doctor and patient ought to
conclude optimal cost effectiveness. Notwithstanding, doctors are partitioned on whether they bring an
obligation to the table for clinical mediations with slim possibilities of advantage paying little mind to
cost and they shift impressively with their patients towards the issue of cost-viability. The respondent
Doctors expressed their positive attitude regarding the communication of cost issues with their
patients. Maximum Doctors preferred towards explaining their Patients regarding the cost of treatment.
Experienced Doctors had positive attitude towards discussing cost (β = 0.214, P < 0.05).
Conclusion. Discoveries support the significance of talking about treatment-related costs with patients.
Siddha specialists are alright with that and want to examine the treatment-related costs. Besides, the
current discoveries stress to foster instructive projects for medical care gives to work on their monetary,
correspondence and the executives abilities. Despite the fact that doctors in and around the Chennai
district acknowledge cost-viability as significant and proper in clinical practice, there is no consistency in
how the cost-adequacy choices are carried out.