Appropriate use of laboratory tests - Medical aspects;Riktigere bruk av laboratorietjenester - Medisinske aspekter

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 810-813

  Monsen, Anne Lise Bjørke ^a   Gjelsvik, Roar ^b   Kaarbøe, Oddvar ^b   Haukland, Hanne Husom ^c   Sandberg, Sverre ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Universitetssykehuset Nord Norge ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 42149166809     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: 08077096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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