Utilization of outpatient diagnostic imaging: Does the physician's gender play a role?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 407-411

  Rosen, Max P ^a,b   Davis, Roger B ^b   Lesky, Linda G ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; Outpatients; Physician gender; Physician practice patterns

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OUTPATIENTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030742937     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1997.00071.x     Document Type: Article

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