Do physician practice styles persist over time? Continuities in patterns of clinical decision-making among general practitioners

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 200-207

  Davis, P ^a   Gribben, B ^a   Scott, A ^a   Lay Yee, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MIX; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITALIZATION; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SIMULATION;

EID: 0033753543     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135581960000500403     Document Type: Article

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