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Changing physician behavior: half‐empty or half‐full?

Anika Hardie Alvanzo (Anika Hardie Alvanzo is in the Department of Internal Medicine, at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, USA.)
Gail M. Cohen (Gail M. Cohen is in the Department of Pediatrics at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, USA.)
Mary Nettleman (Mary Nettleman is Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, USA.)

Clinical Governance: An International Journal

ISSN: 1477-7274

Article publication date: 1 March 2003

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Abstract

Physicians can significantly impact both the quality and the cost of health care. Thus, it is not surprising that there is great interest in modifying physician behavior. There have been three main methods used to alter physician behavior: education, motivation, and facilitation. This article reviews the success of these methods.

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Hardie Alvanzo, A., Cohen, G.M. and Nettleman, M. (2003), "Changing physician behavior: half‐empty or half‐full?", Clinical Governance: An International Journal, Vol. 8 No. 1, pp. 69-78. https://doi.org/10.1108/14777270310459995

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