The frequency and cost of redundant laboratory testing for transferred ED patients

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1121-1123

  Rogg, Jonathan G ^a   Rubin, J Tyler ^b   Hansen, Paul ^b   Liu, Shan W ^b,c  

^a Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; THYROTROPIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84880044423     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.03.037     Document Type: Article

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