Decision dissonance: Evaluating an approach to measuring the quality of surgical decision making

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 136-144

  Fowler, Floyd J ^a,b   Gallagher, Patricia M ^c   Drake, Keith M ^d   Sepucha, Karen R ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b Informed Medical Decisions Foundation   (United States)

^c Center for Survey Research   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTATE TUMOR; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MEDICARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875475516     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(13)39020-5     Document Type: Article

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