Using decision tree models to depict primary care physicians CRC screening decision heuristics

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1467-1469

  Wackerbarth, Sarah B ^a   Tarasenko, Yelena N ^a   Curtis, Laurel A ^a   Joyce, Jennifer M ^b   Haist, Steven A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Decision styles; Physician behavior; Preventive care; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION TREE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34748819476     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0338-6     Document Type: Article

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