Physician Characteristics Associated With Ordering 4 Low-Value Screening Tests in Primary Care

Primary care physician characteristics associated with cancer screening: a retrospective cohort study in Ontario, Canada

Primary care physicians can serve as both facilitators and barriers to cancer screening, particularly for under-screened groups such as immigrant patients. The objective of this study was to inform physician-targeted interventions by identifying primary care physician characteristics associated with cancer screening for their eligible patients, for their eligible immigrant patients, and for for...

Second Primary Cancer Screening: Role of the Primary Care Physician

Patient physical characteristics and primary care physician decision making in preconception genetic screening.

BACKGROUND There has been growing emphasis on preconception care as a strategy to improve maternal and child health since the 1980s. Increasingly, development of genetic tests will require primary care providers to make decisions about preconception genetic screening. Limited research has been conducted on how primary care providers interpret patients' characteristics and use constructs, such a...

Dementia Screening Tools for the Primary Care Physician

Release Date: February 1, 2007 Expiration Date: April 30, 2007 Estimated Time to Complete: 1 hour FULL DISCLOSURE POLICY AFFECTING CME ACTIVITIES As a provider accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), it is the policy of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to require the disclosure of the existence of any significant financial interest or any oth...

Primary care factors associated with cervical screening coverage in England.

BACKGROUND The National Health Service Cervical Screening Programme was established to decrease the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in England. METHODS To identify socioeconomic and general practice factors associated with cervical screening coverage in England, a national cross-sectional study was conducted using data on 26 497 476 female patients registered with 7970 practices in...