General practitionersé willingness to request plain lumbar spine radiographic examinations

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 47-53

  Ryynanen, Olli Pekka ^a   Lehtovirta, Jukka ^b   Soimakallio, Seppo ^c   Takala, Jorma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KAINUU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attitudes of health personnel; Decision making; Delivery of health care; Lumbar spine; Radiography; X ray examinations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THEORY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0035105898     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(00)00234-5     Document Type: Article

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