The need to confront variation in practice

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7728, 2009, Pages 1007-1009

  Mulley, Albert G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; KNOWLEDGE; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SPINE DISEASE; STROKE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSILLECTOMY; UTERUS DISEASE;

EID: 70350552308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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