Changing clinicians' laboratory test requesting behaviour: Can the poacher turn gamekeeper?

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 57-66

  Gama, r ^a   Hartland, A J ^a   Holland, M R ^a  

^a NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expert system; Laboratory tests; Modifying requesting; Review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; COST; EXPERT SYSTEM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MONEY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; TIME;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMPUTERS; COST CONTROL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MEDICAL AUDIT; PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 0035154748     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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