Time for a model list of essential diagnostics

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 374, Issue 26, 2016, Pages 2511-2514

  Schroeder, Lee F ^a   Guarner, Jeannette ^b   Elbireer, Ali ^c,f   Castle, Philip E ^d,e,f   Amukele, Timothy K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Global Coalition Against Cervical Cancer   (United States)

^f MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EBOLAVIRUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKEMIA; MALARIA; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIKA VIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARDS;

DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84976493462     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1602825     Document Type: Review

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