Primary care physicians' use of lumbar spine imaging tests: Effects of guidelines and practice pattern feedback

Keyphrases

• Clinical Practice Guidelines 60%
• Computed Tomography 20%
• Control Intervention 20%
• Family Practitioners 20%
• Feedback Report 40%
• Group Model 20%
• Imaging Procedures 20%
• Imaging Tests 100%
• Internist 20%
• Intervention Group 20%
• Large Group 20%
• Low Back Pain 20%
• Lumbar Spine 40%
• Lumbar Spine MRI 100%
• Lumber Spine 20%
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan 20%
• Patient Behavior 20%
• Patient Expectations 20%
• Practice Patterns 100%
• Practice Setting 20%
• Primary Care Physicians 100%
• Radiology Utilization 20%
• Spine X-ray 20%
• Testing Effect 100%
• Use Rate 100%
• Utilization Data 20%
• X-ray Computed Tomography (X-CT) 20%

Nursing and Health Professions

• Computer Assisted Tomography 14%
• General Practitioner 100%
• Health Maintenance Organization 14%
• Imaging 100%
• Internist 14%
• Low Back Pain 14%
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging 14%
• Practice Guideline 100%
• Practice Setting 14%