The impact of cost displays on primary care physician laboratory test ordering

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 708-714

  Horn, Daniel M ^a   Koplan, Kate E ^b   Senese, Margaret D ^b   Orav, E John ^c   Sequist, Thomas D ^b,c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

efficiency; electronic health records; health care costs; primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REIMBURSEMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; TRENDS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900868897     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2672-1     Document Type: Article

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