Repeat haematinic requests in patients with previous normal results: The scale of the problem in elderly patients at a district general hospital

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 610-613

  Ganiyu Dada, Z ^a   Bowcock, S ^a  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost savings; Haematinics; Repeat testing

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FOLIC ACID; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 80054708181     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2011.01350.x     Document Type: Article

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