Lack of agreement on distal radius fracture treatment

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 218-225

  Bruce, Katherine K ^a   Merenstein, Daniel J ^a   Narvaez, Michael V ^b   Neufeld, Steven K ^c   Paulus, Megan J ^d   Tan, Tina P ^a   Braunstein, Jake R ^b   Pfaff, Ashley C ^b   Huang, Chun Chih ^e   Friedland, Robert B ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c The Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Center of Washington DC   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone fractures; Cost effectiveness; Evidence based medicine

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; E-MAIL; FEMALE; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RADIUS FRACTURE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ILLINOIS; ORTHOPEDIC CAST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

ADULT; CASTS, SURGICAL; CHICAGO; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIUS FRACTURES; STANDARD OF CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84962560470     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2016.02.150233     Document Type: Article

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