Variation in the intensity of hematuria evaluation: A target for primary care quality improvement

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 633-640.e11

  Friedlander, David F ^a   Resnick, Matthew J ^b,c   You, Chaochen ^b   Bassett, Jeffrey ^b   Yarlagadda, Vidhush ^d   Penson, David F ^b,c   Barocas, Daniel A ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test; Guideline adherence; Hematuria; Quality of health care; Routine; Urinary bladder neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEMATURIA; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; ROUTINE; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, UROLOGICAL; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84903274948     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.01.010     Document Type: Article

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