Near-patient testing in primary care

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 54, Issue 506, 2004, Pages 650-651

  Fitzmaurice, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; WARFARIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYZER; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLEEDING; BUDGET; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUSITIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 4544222510     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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