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The effects of physicians' training and personality on test ordering for ambulatory patients

A M Epstein, C B Begg, B J McNeil

    American Journal of Public Health
    |November 1, 1984
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    physician diagnostic behaviormedical training impactoutpatient test orderingclinical decision-making factors

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