Geographic hierarchies of diagnostic practice style in cerebrovascular disease

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1985-1992

  Yiannakoulias, Nikolaos ^a   Hill, Michael D ^b   Svenson, Lawrence W ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Departments of Clinical Neurosciences   (Canada)

^c Alberta Health and Wellness ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Cerebrovascular disease; Diagnosis; Diagnostic practice styles; Geographic variation; Physicians

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN AREA; WORKLOAD;

ALBERTA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 65949112953     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.042     Document Type: Article

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