Validating an instrument for selecting interventions to change physician practice patterns: A Michigan Consortium for Family Practice Research study

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 938-942

  Green, Lee A ^a   Gorenflo, Daniel W ^a   Wyszewianski, Leon ^a  

^a Campus 0708 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Education, medical, continuing; Patterns, physician's practice; Practice guidelines; Psychometric instruments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 0036842732     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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