An assessment of the Hawthorne effect in practice-based research

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-86

  Fernald, Douglas H ^a   Coombs, Letoynia ^a   DeAlleaume, Lauren ^a,b   West, David ^a   Parnes, Bennett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community acquired infections; Hawthorne effect; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA; Practice based research; Primary health care; Soft tissue infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HAWTHORNE EFFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZATION; RESEARCH; SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EFFECT MODIFIER, EPIDEMIOLOGIC; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TEXAS;

EID: 84855697919     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2012.01.110019     Document Type: Article

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