An explanatory model of medical practice variation: A physician resource demand perspective

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-174

  Long, Michael J ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical practice variation; Physician resource demand

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MODEL; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VARIANCE;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 0036280674     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2753.2002.00343.x     Document Type: Review

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