Cost consequences of implementing an electronic decision support system for ordering laboratory tests in primary care: Evidence from a controlled prospective study in the Netherlands

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 213-219

  Poley, Marten J ^a,b   Edelenbos, Kyra I ^a   Mosseveld, Mees ^a   Van Wijk, Marc A M ^a   De Bakker, Dinny H ^c   Van Der Lei, Johan ^a   Rutten Van Mölken, Maureen P M H ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33847418384     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2006.073908     Document Type: Article

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