Patient decision making: Use of and adherence to telephone-based nurse triage recommendations

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 309-317

  O'Connell, Joan M ^a   Towles, Winfield ^b   Yin, Ming ^c   Malakar, C Lucy ^c  

^a Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Patient decision making; Telephone clinical assessments; Telephone triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; SELF CARE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0036071397     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X0202200409     Document Type: Article

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