What makes general practitioners order blood tests for patients with unexplained complaints? A cross-sectional study

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-28

  Koch, Hèlen ^a   van Bokhoven, Marloes A ^c   ter Riet, Gerben ^a,b   Hessels, Kirsten M ^c   van der Weijden, Trudy ^c   Dinant, Geert Jan ^c   Bindels, Patrick J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood test ordering; Cross sectional study; Determinants; Unexplained complaints

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; THYROTROPIN;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNEXPLAINED COMPLAINT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 67650375879     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13814780902855762     Document Type: Article

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