Physician's Practice Patterns - Standards
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Physician's practice patterns for chronic prostatitis.

29 Sep 2009 Chronic prostatitis (CP) is one of the most prevalent conditions in urology, yet the most poorly understood. Although there is little controversy regarding the therapy for documented acute bacterial infections, most symptomatic men do not have ... Read more...

2009 evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for diagnosing a first episode of lower extremities deep vein thrombosis in ambulatory outpatients.

30 Aug 2009 INTRODUCTION: The GRADE working group has recently suggested a rigorous framework for clinical practice guidelines (CPG) addressing diagnostic tests and test strategies based on the impact of alternative approaches on patient-important outcomes. The ... Read more...

Adherence to guidelines for surveillance colonoscopy in patients with ulcerative colitis at a Canadian quaternary care hospital.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) are at high risk of colonic dysplasia. Therefore, surveillance colonoscopy to detect early dysplasia has been endorsed by many professional organizations. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Physician's Practice Patterns - Standards'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Closing the gap between guidelines for bipolar disorder treatment and clinical practice. 30 Oct 2009
• Going off-label without venturing off-course: evidence and ethical off-label prescribing. 24 Oct 2009
• Physician's practice patterns for chronic prostatitis. 29 Sep 2009
• 2009 evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for diagnosing a first episode of lower extremities deep vein thrombosis in ambulatory outpatients. 30 Aug 2009
• Adherence to guidelines for surveillance colonoscopy in patients with ulcerative colitis at a Canadian quaternary care hospital. 30 Aug 2009
• Outpatient screening endoscopy: why not the standard of care? Interview by Paul Adams. 30 Aug 2009
• Appropriateness of antidepressant prescribing: an observational study in a Scottish primary-care setting. 30 Aug 2009
• Thrombolysis in stroke: still not ready for community hospital use by emergency physicians. 30 Aug 2009
• Clinical inertia in depression treatment. 30 Aug 2009
• [Problems and problem solving in family medicine] 21 Aug 2009
• A survey of thyroid gland scintigraphy. 17 Aug 2009
• Improving service delivery by evaluation of the referral pattern and capacity in a clinical genetics setting. 13 Aug 2009
• A survey of ENT out-patient department facilities in district general hospitals across England. 30 Jul 2009
• Clinical management of growth hormone therapy in adults. 30 Jul 2009
• [Fibromyalgia--the new guideline] 30 Jul 2009
• Do some implant too many defibrillators or others too few? 30 Jul 2009
• Appropriate prescribing in the elderly: an investigation of two screening tools, Beers criteria considering diagnosis and independent of diagnosis and improved prescribing in the elderly tool to identify inappropriate use of medicines in the elderly in primary care in Ireland. 30 Jul 2009
• Clinical practice improvement initiatives: don't be satisfied with the early results. 30 Jul 2009
• Pay for performance: quality- and value-based reimbursement. 30 Jul 2009
• Maintenance of Certification: the role of the American Board of Pediatrics in improving children's health care. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Physician's Practice Patterns'

Definition: Patterns of practice related to diagnosis and treatment as especially influenced by cost of the service requested and provided.

Descriptor UI: D010818

Alternative terms: Physician's Practice Patterns; Pattern, Physician's Practice; Patterns, Physician's Practice; Physician Practice Patterns; Physician's Practice Pattern; Physicians Practice Patterns; Practice Pattern, Physician's; Practice Patterns, Physician's; Practice Patterns, Professional; Pattern, Professional Practice; Patterns, Professional Practice; Practice Pattern, Professional; Professional Practice Pattern; Professional Practice Patterns; Practice Pattern Variations; Practice Pattern Variation; Variation, Practice Pattern; Variations, Practice Pattern; Clinical Practice Pattern; Practice Patterns, Clinical; Patterns, Clinical Practice; Practice Pattern, Clinical; Clinical Practice Patterns; Pattern, Clinical Practice; Clinical Practice Variations; Variations, Clinical Practice; Practice Variations, Clinical; Variation, Clinical Practice; Clinical Practice Variation; Practice Variation, Clinical;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N04.590.748; N05.300.625;

History Note: 87

Technical Notes: diag & treatment as influenced by cost of service requested & provided: do not confuse with PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE where emphasis is on individual physicians & their practices; prescribing patterns goes here