How much time does it take to prescribe a new medication?

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 311-319

  Tarn, Derjung M ^a   Paterniti, Debora A ^b,c   Kravitz, Richard L ^c   Heritage, John ^a   Liu, Honghu ^a   Kim, Sue ^d   Wenger, Neil S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Physician patient relations; Prescription medication; Provider patient communication; Time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CARDIOLOGY; COMMUNICATION; COUNSELING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TAPE RECORDING; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 45649085310     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.02.019     Document Type: Article

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