Practice variation and practice guidelines: Attitudes of generalist and specialist physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.

To understand clinicians' beliefs about practice variation and how variation might be reduced.We surveyed board-certified physicians (N = 178), nurse practitioners (N = 60), and physician assistants (N = 12) at an academic medical center and two community clinics, representing family medicine,...

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Main Authors: David A Cook, Laurie J Pencille, Denise M Dupras, Jane A Linderbaum, V Shane Pankratz, John M Wilkinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5792011?pdf=render