Determinants of general practitioner's cancer-related gut feelings-a prospective cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Donker, Gé A ^a   Wiersma, Eva ^b   Van Der Hoek, Lucas ^a   Heins, Marianne ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INFANT; INTUITION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUITION; JUDGMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988489831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012511     Document Type: Article

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