Use and Costs of Nonrecommended Tests During Routine Preventive Health Exams

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 521-527

  Merenstein, Dan ^a   Daumit, Gail L ^b   Powe, Neil R ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; X RAY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646398355     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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