Hospital doctors' views of factors influencing their prescribing

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 765-771

  Ljungberg, Christina ^a,c   Lindblad, Åsa Kettis ^a   Tully, Mary Patricia ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Box 580 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Doctor; Hospital; Interview; Prescribing; Qualitative; Secondary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; COST; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HABIT; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PEER GROUP; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 34548493207     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00751.x     Document Type: Article

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