U.S. clinicians' perspectives on less frequent routine gynecologic examinations

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 49-53

  Henderson, Jillian T ^a,b   Yu, Jean M ^b   Harper, Cynthia C ^b   Sawaya, George F ^b  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

National survey; Preventive health care; Primary care providers; Reproductive health; Routine gynecologic examination; Women's primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84894457789     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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