Defensive medicine practices among gastroenterologists in Lombardy: Between lawsuits and the economic crisis

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 469-473

  Elli, Luca ^a   Tenca, Andrea ^a   Soncini, Marco ^b   Spinzi, Giancarlo ^c   Buscarini, Elisabetta ^d   Conte, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Defensive medicine; Endoscopy; Gastroenterology; Health systems

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; ITALY; LAW SUIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; ITALY; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84878131040     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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