Predictive values instead of normal ranges: Less data, more information

Accreditation and Quality Assurance

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 269-272

  Van Duijn, Nico P ^a,b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Primary Health Care Centre de Haak   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic strategy; Outcome quality; Physician behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745068927     PISSN: 09491775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00769-006-0125-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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