Overutilization of clinical biochemical analyses?;Overrekvirering av laboratorieanalyser i medisinsk biokjemi

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 125, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 2509-2511

  Jenum, Pål A ^a   Søberg, Petter ^a   Maal, Hamid B ^a   Flesland, Øystein ^a  

^a VESTRE VIKEN HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; PILOT STUDY; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; NORWAY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COST SAVINGS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; NORWAY; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 26044445348     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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