General practitioners’ risk literacy and real-world prescribing of potentially hazardous drugs: a cross-sectional study

Background: Overuse of medical care is a pervasive problem. Studies using hypothetical scenarios suggest that physicians’ risk literacy influences medical decisions; real-world correlations, however, are lacking. We sought to determine the association between physicians’ risk literacy and their real...

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Main Authors: Wegwarth, O, Hoffmann, TC, Goldacre, B, Spies, C, Giese, HA
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2024