Homogeneous groups surveyed about issues of concern to them may require few follow-ups because respondents provide role-specific answers representative of others in that role. The authors analyzed three questionnaire mailings to 1,535 physicians that produced 977 responses (604 first, 252...

The ability to assign patients to the most appropriate program of intervention would improve patient outcomes and reduce health care costs. This paper evaluates specific potentials of triaging patients into various combinations of health education treatments. Blood pressure improvement among...

The practice of medicine has always been characterized by uncertainty. Yet, attempts to study tolerance for uncertainty in medicine have been few, and limited to its influence on specialty preferences and test-ordering behavior. In particular, studies have not investigated how the process of...