The effect of watchful waiting compared to immediate test ordering instructions on general practitioners' blood test ordering behaviour for patients with unexplained complaints; a randomized clinical trial (ISRCTN55755886)

Implementation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  van Bokhoven, Marloes A ^a   Koch, Hèlen ^b   van der Weijden, Trudy ^a   Weekers Muyres, Anuska H M ^a   Bindels, Patrick J E ^c   Grol, Richard P T M ^d   Dinant, Geert Jan ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DUTCH COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WATCHFUL WAITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; WATCHFUL WAITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859200705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-7-29     Document Type: Article

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