Differences in outpatient corticosteroid prescribing patterns between attending and house staff physicians as an indicator of the quality of supervision

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-33

  Karlinsky, Joel B ^a,b,c   Barrera, Carlos M ^a,b   Goodman, David M ^a,b   Abramson, Martin H ^a,b   Kaufman, James S ^a,b   Creech, Deborah F ^a,b  

^a School of Pharmacy   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Prescribing behavior; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OUTPATIENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BOSTON; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTPATIENTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033631272     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106286060001500105     Document Type: Article

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