Primary care physicians' use of lumbar spine imaging tests : Effects of guidelines and practice pattern feedback

To reduce variability in primary care physicians' use of procedures for imaging the lumbar spine. Controlled intervention using clinical practice guideline and practice pattern feedback. Sixty-seven internists and 28 family practitioners in a large, group-model HMO. Intervention group physician...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM 1997-10, Vol.12 (10), p.619-625
Hauptverfasser:	FREEBORN, D. K, SHYE, D, MULLOOLY, J. P, ERAKER, S, ROMEO, J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Ambulatory care Back pain Biological and medical sciences Clinical medicine Clinical practice guidelines Costs Diseases of the osteoarticular system Diseases of the spine Family physicians Feedback Female Health care policy Humans Internal medicine Intervention Low Back Pain - diagnosis Low Back Pain - diagnostic imaging Lumbar Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging Lumbar Vertebrae - pathology Magnetic Resonance Imaging - statistics & numerical data Male Medical imaging Medical research Medical sciences Middle Aged Oregon Original Patients Practice Guidelines as Topic Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data Primary care Primary Health Care - methods Primary Health Care - statistics & numerical data Radiography - statistics & numerical data Tomography Tomography, X-Ray Computed - statistics & numerical data Washington X-rays
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