Family physicians' knowledge of commonly overused treatments and tests

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 699-703

  Maurer, Douglas ^a   Stephens, Mark ^b   Reamy, Brian ^b   Crownover, Brian ^c   Crawford, Paul ^c   Chang, Tammy ^d  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Nellis Air Force Base   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular Diseases; Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures; Low Back Pain; Prevention and Control; Primary Health Care; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SCREENING TEST; SINUSITIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84907042262     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.05.140003     Document Type: Article

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