Influence of physicians' attitudes on reporting adverse drug events: A case-control study

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 809-814

  Figueiras, Adolfo ^a,d   Tato, Fernando ^a,b   Fontaiñas, Jesús ^a   Gestal Otero, Juan Jesús ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Galician Reg Ctr of Drug Survlnc   (Spain)

^c Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^d Facultad de Medicina   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reaction reporting systems; Attitude of health personnel; Case control; Case control studies; Pharmacovigilance; Spain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK MANAGEMENT; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SPAIN;

EID: 0033176263     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199908000-00010     Document Type: Article

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