Open AccessBarriers to Routine Risk-Score Use for Healthy Primary Care Patients
Author(s) -
Falk MüllerRiemenschneider
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.66
Subject(s) - medicine , risk assessment , confusion , focus group , global positioning system , primary care , family medicine , psychology , computer science , marketing , psychoanalysis , business , telecommunications , computer security
Risk scores for the primary prevention of chronic diseases in healthy adults are frequently recommended but often underused by general practitioners (GPs). The objectives of this study were to assess the use of and attitudes regarding the use of risk scores among GPs and to identify possible barriers to use.
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