Primary care physicians' use of lumbar spine imaging tests: Effects of guidelines and practice pattern feedback

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 619-625

  Freeborn, Donald K ^a   Shye, Diana ^a   Mullooly, John P ^a   Eraker, Steve ^a   Romeo, Jeffrey ^a  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guidelines; Low back pain; Practice pattern feedback; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0030798543     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1997.07122.x     Document Type: Article

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