Since the prevalence of HCV-HIV co-infection in hepatology reference centers is ~8% and HIV testing is quite systematic, the physician may consider that patients are mainly HCV mono-infected when no positive HIV test is available.
Disparities in income between physicians and their patients may thus lead to systematic differences between physician preferences and patient preferences such that physician recommendations may not maximize the patients' utility function.
A systematic review of physician surveys found CT dose underestimations in a very high proportion of physicians 60-999%) [ 33].
Up until recently there has been little systematic research regarding physician self-disclosure and patient satisfaction.
The reasons for this convergence may be coincidental or due to systematic change in physician practice (ie, fewer male patients were prescribed these medications, or fewer male patients given these medications were being screened).
We assigned ICU model structure based on definitions used in a recent systematic review of physician staffing patterns [ 4], but our assignment of ICU staffing model could have been in error.
This study demonstrates the feasibility of the systematic collection of physician reports of risk factors for dependence and aberrant behaviours to facilitate the development of risk scores, using these reports to support the post-marketing risk management of products with misuse potential.
This study demonstrates the feasibility of systematic collection of physician reports of risk factors for dependence and aberrant behaviours, to facilitate the development of risk scores using these reports to support the post-marketing risk management of products with misuse potential.
Other studies, including a systematic review of physicians' survival predictions, also emphasize subjective assessments and cite the importance of the physician's role in estimating patient survival [23] [25].
Efforts to provide consistent and systematic feedback to physicians regarding their referred patients appeared to encourage continued referrals, as has been noted by physician focus groups [ 9].
