Appropriateness in health care: Application to prescribing

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 261-271

  Buetow, Stephen A ^a   Sibbald, Bonnie ^a   Cantrill, Judith A ^a   Halliwell, Shirley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Health care; Prescribing; Rational

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRESCRIPTION;

COST CONTROL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0030998394     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00342-5     Document Type: Article

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