Commercial versus social goals of tracking what doctors do

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 747-749

  Grande, David ^a,b   Asch, David A ^b,c,d  

^a West Indies

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Health Care Management and Economics ^*

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COURT; DATA BASE; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG MARKETING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 60849106981     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp0810410     Document Type: Article

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