Sources of variation in physician adherence with clinical guidelines: Results from a factorial experiment

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 289-296

  McKinlay, J B ^a   Link, C L ^a   Freund, K M ^b   Marceau, L D ^a   O'Donnell, A B ^a   Lutfey, K L ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Disparities; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PATIENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SYMPTOM; VARIANCE; WORK EXPERIENCE; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; STANDARD;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34250351909     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-006-0075-2     Document Type: Article

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