Do physician communication skills influence screening mammography utilization?

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Meguerditchian, Ari Nareg ^a,c   Dauphinee, Dale ^a   Girard, Nadyne ^a   Eguale, Tewodros ^a   Riedel, Kristen ^a   Jacques, André ^b   Meterissian, Sarkis ^c   Buckeridge, David L ^a   Abrahamowicz, Michal ^d   Tamblyn, Robyn ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Quebec College of Physicians   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL FEE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; SPECIALIZATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUEBEC; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPECIALIZATION; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84865216136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-219     Document Type: Article

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