Effect of a Controlled Feedback Intervention on Laboratory Test Ordering by Community Physicians

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 321-326

  Bunting, Peter S ^a,b   Van Walraven, Carl ^c,d,e  

^a DYNACARE LABORATORIES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; TIME;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIVATE PRACTICE;

EID: 0742304264     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2003.025098     Document Type: Article

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