Quality quandaries: Reducing overuse of diagnostic tests for trauma patients

Quality Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 558-563

  Niemeijer, Gerard C ^a   Trip, Albert ^b   Ahaus, Kees C T B ^c   Wendt, Klaus W ^b   Does, Ronald J M M ^d  

^a MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE NUMBERS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS; LABORATORY TEST; MAIN GROUP; MEDICAL CENTER; QUALITY QUANDARIES; ROOT CAUSE; TRAUMA PATIENTS; TRAUMATIC INJURY;

QUALITY CONTROL; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

TESTING;

EID: 84866990192     PISSN: 08982112     EISSN: 15324222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08982112.2012.695883     Document Type: Article

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