Judgment analysis of surgeons' prioritization of patients for elective general surgery

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 255-264

  MacCormick, Andrew D ^a   Parry, Bryan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Health care rationing; Judgment analysis; Operative surgical procedures; Priority setting; Waiting lists

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSENSUS; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SURGEON; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; SURGERY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 33646570534     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X06288680     Document Type: Article

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