Effect of the characteristics of family physicians on their utilisation of laboratory tests

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 538, 2007, Pages 377-382

  Vinker, Shlomo ^a   Kvint, Ifat ^a   Erez, Rina ^a   Elhayany, Asher ^b   Kahan, Ernesto ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Family physician; Laboratory test; Utilisation

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CA 15-3 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CHOLESTEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; THYROTROPIN; UREA; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; GENDER BIAS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JOB PERFORMANCE; LABORATORY TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34248549160     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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