Effects of patient medication requests on physician prescribing behavior results of a factorial experiment

Medical Care

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 294-299

  McKinlay, John B ^a,b   Trachtenberg, Felicia ^a   Marceau, Lisa D ^a   Katz, Jeffrey N ^c,d   Fischer, Michael A ^c  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct to consumer; Disparities; Patient activation

Indexed keywords

CELECOXIB; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYCODONE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REQUEST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATICA; ANCESTRY GROUP; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OXYCODONE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PYRAZOLES; SCIATICA; SULFONAMIDES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904855304     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000096     Document Type: Article

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