Test ordering guidelines can alter ordering patterns in an academic emergency department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 391-397

  Sucov, Andrew ^a   Bazarian, Jeffrey J ^a   Delahunta, Elizabeth A ^a   Spillane, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergencies; Emergency medicine; Guidelines; Medical education; Testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032945821     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(99)00017-7     Document Type: Article

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