GPs' decisions on drug treatment for patients with high cholesterol values: A think-aloud study

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Backlund, Lars ^a   Skånér, Ylva ^a   Montgomery, Henry ^b   Bring, Johan ^c   Strender, Lars Erik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STATISTICON AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INFORMATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; SMOKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG USE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN;

HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; DECISION MAKING; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 12344317203     PISSN: 14726947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-4-23     Document Type: Article

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