Personal, Organizational, and Market Level Influences on Physicians' Practice Patterns: Results of a National Survey of Primary Care Physicians

Medical Care

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 889-905

  Landon, Bruce E ^a,d   Reschovsky, James ^c   Reed, Marie ^c   Blumenthal, David ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR STUDYING HEALTH SYSTEM CHANGE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Managed care; Physician behavior; Physicians' practice patterns

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACK PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DISCHARGE;

EID: 0035430450     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200108000-00014     Document Type: Article

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