The impact of physician attitudes and beliefs on treatment decisions: Lipid therapy in high-risk patients

Medical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 421-428

  Foley, Kathleen A ^a   Denke, Margo A ^b   Kamal Bahl, Sachin ^c   Simpson Jr , Ross ^d   Berra, Kathy ^e   Sajjan, Shiva ^c   Alexander, Charles M ^c  

^a Medstat   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; LDL C goal; Lipid treatment; Physician attitudes; Statin dose

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646807831     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000208017.18278.1a     Document Type: Article

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