Understanding physician adherence with a pneumonia practice guideline: Effects of patient, system, and physician factors

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 98-104

  Halm, Ethan A ^a,e   Atlas, Steven J ^b   Borowsky, Leila H ^b   Benzer, Theodore I ^c   Metlay, Joshua P ^d   Chang, YuChiao ^b   Singer, Daniel E ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0034627892     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.1.98     Document Type: Article

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