Foregoing low-value care: How much evidence is needed to change beliefs?

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 107-109

  Scott, I A ^a,b   Elshaug, A G ^c,d  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FUNDING; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CULTURE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84873737599     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12065     Document Type: Editorial

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