Physician clinical management strategies and reasoning: A cross-sectional survey using clinical vignettes of eight common medical admissions

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Smith, Kristofer L ^a   Ashburn, Sarah ^b   Aminawung, Jenerius A ^c   Mann, Micah ^d   Ross, Joseph S ^c  

^a Department of Medicine North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System ^*  (United States)

^b DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84899929753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-176     Document Type: Article

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