RE Dixon - The American Journal of Medicine, 1985 - Elsevier To evaluate one aspect of the impact of respiratory tract infections in the United States, national
survey data were used to estimate direct and indirect economic costs. Overall, upper and lower
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RS Wigton, JL Connor, RM Centor - Archives of Internal Medicine, 1986 - archinte.highwire.org \s=b\ Use of existing decision rules could improve management of streptococcal pharyngitis,
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J Tsevat, UR Kotagal - Archives of pediatrics & adolescent …, 1999 - archpedi.highwire.org Design Decision model with 7 strategies, including neither testing for streptococcus nor treating
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AL Komaroff - American Journal of Public Health, 1982 - Am Public Health Assoc Over the past 30 years, there have been increasing attempts to transform the "art" of medical
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with the conclusions of a ... NHPs have investigated the quality and cost of care. All of ... Cited by 24 - Related articles - All 3 versions
A Faryna, GL Wergowske, K Goldenberg - Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1987 - Springer ANTIBIOTICS are among the top 25 most commonly prescribed drugs and are the leading category
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- ►nih.gov [PDF] DW Young - British Medical Journal (Clinical research ed.), 1982 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Introduction Decision making may be divided into three stages-the collection of information; its
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RM Poses, RS Wigton, RD Cebul, RM Centor … - Medical Decision …, 1993 - mdm.sagepub.com The Importance of Variability in Patients' Clinical Characteristics and in Physicians' Responses
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presence/absence of sputum.3 As for indication of antibiotics, many reviewers regard it as a
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