Physicians' diagnostic judgments and treatment decisions for acute otitis media in children

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-162

  González Vallejo, Claudia ^a   Sorum, Paul C ^b   Stewart, Thomas R ^b   Chessare, John B ^b   Mumpower, Jeryl L ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Judgment analysis; Management of otitis media; Policy capturing; Social judgment theory; Treatment variation; Vagueness

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OTITIS MEDIA; PROBABILITY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031915647     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9801800203     Document Type: Article

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