Uncertainty in clinical practice: Implications for quality and costs of health care

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 9001, 1996, Pages 595-598

  Logan, R L ^a   Scott, P J ^b  

^a Hutt Valley Health   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; STANDARD;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

CLINICAL MEDICINE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0030068976     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)91284-2     Document Type: Article

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