The reproducibility of a method to identify the overuse and underuse of medical procedures

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 338, Issue 26 I, 1998, Pages 1888-1895

  Shekelle, Paul G ^a,b   Kahan, James P ^b   Bernstein, Steven J ^c   Leape, Lucian L ^d   Kamberg, Caren J ^b   Park, R E ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0032565954     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199806253382607     Document Type: Article

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