Physician characteristics and the reported effect of evidence-based practice guidelines: Guidelines and quality

Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 569-581

  Sammer, Christine E ^a   Lykens, Kristine ^b   Singh, Karan P ^b  

^a University of North Texas Health Science Center ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice guidelines; Physician characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENDER; GRADUATE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MINORITY GROUP; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROBABILITY; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; COMPUTERS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEX FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 41149105734     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00788.x     Document Type: Article

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