Do GPs working in practice with high or low prescribing costs have different views on prescribing cost issues?

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 50, Issue 451, 2000, Pages 100-104

  Avery, Anthony J ^a   Wetzels V, Raymond ^b   Rodgers, Sarah ^b   O'Neill, Ciaran ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

General practitioners; GPs' views; Prescribing costs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG COST; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DRUG COSTS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033955593     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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