Physician practice patterns and variation in the delivery of preventive services

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-196

  Flocke, Susan A ^a   Litaker, David ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Practice patterns; Preventive service delivery; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL STAFF; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SCREENING; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 34250379164     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-006-0042-y     Document Type: Article

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