Factors contributing to inappropriate ordering of tests in an academic medical department and the effect of an educational feedback strategy

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 974, 2006, Pages 823-829

  Miyakis, Spiros ^a,b   Karamanof, Georgios ^b   Liontos, Michalis ^b   Mountokalakis, Theodore D ^b  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW SOUTH WALES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 33846226994     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2006.049551     Document Type: Article

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