Harnessing the Power of Peer Pressure to Reduce Health Care Waste and Improve Clinical Outcomes

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 311-312

  Smith, Cynthia D ^a   Korenstein, Deborah ^b  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CURRICULUM; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PEER PRESSURE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COST CONTROL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 85027955383     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: 19425546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2015.01.011     Document Type: Editorial

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