The impact of peer management on test-ordering behavior

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Neilson, Eric G ^a   Johnson, Kevin B ^a   Rosenbloom, S Trent ^a   Dupont, William D ^a   Talbert, Doug ^a   Giuse, Dario A ^a   Kaiser, Allen ^a   Miller, Randolph A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST CONTROL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DATA BASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE COST; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 3543128283     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-141-3-200408030-00008     Document Type: Article

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