Effects of routine individual feedback over nine years on general practitioners' requests for tests

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7029, 1996, Pages 490-

  Winkens, Ron A G ^a   Pop, Peter ^a   Grol, Richard P T M ^b   Bugter Maessen, Annemiek M A ^a   Kester, Arnold D M ^c   Beusmans, George H M I ^c   Knottnerus, J André ^c  

^a Diagn Coord Center Maastricht   (Netherlands)

^b Ctr Res Qual Gen Pract N   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 9044220227     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7029.490     Document Type: Article

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