The impact of provider knowledge and attitudes toward national asthma guidelines on self-reported implementation of guidelines

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 625-628

  Tumiel Berhalter, Laurene M ^a,b   Watkins, Robert ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Attitude; Guidelines; Knowledge; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG UTILIZATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESIDENT; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SPIROMETRY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 33750078692     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900600878867     Document Type: Article

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