GPs' and physicians' interpretation of risks, benefits and diagnostic test results

Family Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-159

  Heller, Richard F ^a   Sandars, John E ^a   Patterson, Lesley ^a   McElduff, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test; Population impact; Probability; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPETENCE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSULTANTS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 1842843878     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmh209     Document Type: Article

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