The association between physician risk tolerance and imaging use in abdominal pain

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 552-557

  Pines, Jesse M ^a,b   Hollander, Judd E ^a   Isserman, Joshua A ^b   Chen, Esther H ^a   Dean, Anthony J ^a   Shofer, Frances S ^a   Mills, Angela M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 66049094019     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.04.031     Document Type: Article

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