Influence exerted on drug prescribing by patients' attitudes and expectations and by doctors' perception of such expectations: A cohort and nested case-control study

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 453-459

  Lado, Eugenia ^b   Vacariza, Manuel ^c   Fernández González, Carlos ^b   Gestal Otero, Juan Jesús ^a,d   Figueiras, Adolfo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c Galician Regional Health Authority   (Spain)

^d Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attitude to health; Cohort study; Decision making; Doctor patient relations; Drug; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPECTATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF MEDICATION; SPAIN; WAITING ROOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN;

EID: 43149123993     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2007.00901.x     Document Type: Article

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