The laboratory and the general practitioner

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 13-24

  Pagni, Aldo ^a   Plebani, Mario ^b  

^a Societa Italiana di Medicina Generale   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical laboratory; General practitioner; Healthcare; Near patient testing; Patient outcomes; Predictive value; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPONSIBILITY;

FAMILY PRACTICE; LABORATORIES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033042030     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(98)00194-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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