Understanding overuse of computed tomography for minor head injury in the emergency department: A triangulated qualitative study

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1474-1483

  Melnick, Edward R ^a   Shafer, Katherine ^a   Rodulfo, Nayeli ^a   Shi, Joyce ^a   Hess, Erik P ^b   Wears, Robert L ^c   Qureshi, Rija A ^d   Post, Lori A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ZIAUDDIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COGNITION; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTANT COMPARATIVE METHOD; CRITICAL DECISION METHOD; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION; INFORMATION LITERACY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROTRAUMATOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT ENGAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKILL; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; TRIANGULATION; TRUST; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA; CANADA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEAD; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INJURY SCALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UTILIZATION; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CANADA; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEAD; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRUST;

EID: 84956602116     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12824     Document Type: Article

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