Regional variations in test requiring patterns of general practitioners in Spain

Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 247-251

  Salinas, María ^a   López Garrigós, Maite ^a   Díaz, Julián ^b   Ortuño, Mario ^c   Yago, Martin ^d   Laíz, Begoña ^e   Carratala, Arturo ^f   Chinchilla, Virtudes ^g   Marcaida, Goizane ^h   Rodriguez Borja, Enrique ^f   Esteban, Angel ^g   Guaita, Marcos ^h   Aguado, Cristina ^e   Lorente, Miguel A ⁱ   Flores, Emilio ^a   Uris, Joaquín ^j  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SAN JUAN   (Spain)

^b Hospital Francesc Borja   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA RIBERA   (Spain)

^d Hospital de Requena   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

ⁱ Roche Diagnostics ^*  (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Appropriateness; Clinical chemistry; Health care costs; Laboratory test utilization; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECONOMICS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; SPAIN;

CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SPAIN;

EID: 80855138570     PISSN: 03009734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009734.2011.606927     Document Type: Article

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