What research questions matter to Australian paediatricians? National Delphi study

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 704-710

  Rudolph, Suba ^a,b   Hiscock, Harriet ^a,b,c   Price, Anna ^a,b   Efron, Daryl ^a,b,c   Sewell, Jill ^a,b,c   South, Mike ^a,b,c   Wake, Melissa ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Delphi technique; Health priorities; Paediatrics; Physician's practice patterns; Research network

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUSTRALIA; AUTISM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DELPHI STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 73449111958     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01598.x     Document Type: Article

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