The case for intervention bias in the practice of medicine

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 271-280

  Foy, Andrew J ^a   Filippone, Edward J ^b  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic science; Bias; Contradicted findings; Evidence based medicine; Medical reversal; Observational studies; Overtreatment; Positive outcome bias; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERVENTION BIAS; MALPRACTICE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORALITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BASIC SCIENCE; BIAS; CONTRADICTED FINDINGS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL REVERSAL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES; OVERTREATMENT; POSITIVE-OUTCOME BIAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 84879046980     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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