Effect of a clinical trial alert system on physician participation in trial recruitment

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 2272-2277

  Embi, Peter J ^a,b,c   Jain, Anil ^c   Clark, Jeffrey ^c   Bizjack, Susan ^c   Hornung, Richard ^b   Martin Harris, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEVICE; ELECTRONICS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL TRIALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 27644587470     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.19.2272     Document Type: Article

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