Why are investigations not recommended by practice guidelines ordered at the periodic health examination?

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 215-224

  Van Walraven, Carl ^a,b,c,f   Goel, Vivek ^d,e   Austin, Peter ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Clinical Epidemiology Unit   (Canada)

^c Institute of Clincal Evaluative Sciences (ICES)   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e ICES ^*

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Laboratory utilization; Periodic health examination; Practice guidelines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 0033862176     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2753.2000.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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