Can physician laboratory-test requests be influenced by interventions?

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 18-26

  Erlingsdóttir, Helga ^a   Jóhannesson, Ari ^b   Ásgeirsdóttir, Tinna L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Clinical chemistry tests; Diagnostic tests; Feedback; Guideline adherence; Iceland; Practice guidelines; Reminder systems; Routine; Unnecessary procedures

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; UTILIZATION;

CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 84920848009     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365513.2014.965734     Document Type: Article

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