| Title |
Country differences in the diagnosis and management of coronary heart disease – a comparison between the US, the UK and Germany
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, September 2008
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-8-198 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Olaf von dem Knesebeck, Markus Bönte, Johannes Siegrist, Lisa Marceau, Carol Link, Sara Arber, Ann Adams, John McKinlay |
| Abstract |
The way patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) are treated is partly determined by non-medical factors. There is a solid body of evidence that patient and physician characteristics influence doctors' management decisions. Relatively little is known about the role of structural issues in the decision making process. This study focuses on the question whether doctors' diagnostic and therapeutic decisions are influenced by the health care system in which they take place. This non-medical determinant of medical decision-making was investigated in an international research project in the US, the UK and Germany. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 45 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Portugal | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 43 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 11 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 9% |
| Other | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 3 | 7% |
| Unknown | 8 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 20% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 13% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 7% |
| Psychology | 3 | 7% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 22% |
| Unknown | 12 | 27% |