Decision tools in health care: Focus on the problem, not the solution

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Liu, Joseph ^a,b   Wyatt, Jeremy C ^c   Altman, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR;

CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CODING; REVIEW; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATE MEDICINE; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 33644849425     PISSN: 14726947     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-6-4     Document Type: Review

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