The influence of types of decision support on physicians' decision making

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 185-190

  Sox, C M ^a,b,f   Doctor, J N ^c   Koepsell, T D ^b,c   Christakis, D A ^a,d,e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PEDIATRICIAN; PERTUSSIS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 61449097575     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.141903     Document Type: Article

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