Do guidelines create uniformity in medical practice?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-216

  de Jong, Judith D ^a   Groenewegen, Peter P ^a   Spreeuwenberg, Peter ^a   Schellevis, François ^a,b   Westert, Gert P ^c,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drug prescriptions; Guidelines; Medical practice; Practice pattern variation; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRESCRIBING; GUIDELINE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INDEX METHOD; MEDICINE; RATIONALIZATION;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION;

ADULT; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 71949125622     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.10.016     Document Type: Article

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