Effect of a Practice-Based Strategy on Test Ordering Performance of Primary Care Physicians: A Randomized Trial

JAMA

Volumn 289, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2407-2412

  Verstappen, Wim H J M ^a,b   Van Der Weijden, Trudy ^a   Sijbrandij, Jildou ^a   Smeele, Ivo ^c   Hermsen, Jan ^d   Grimshaw, Jeremy ^d   Grol, Richard P T M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ELKERLIEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0037979129     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.18.2407     Document Type: Article

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