Managing inappropriate utilization of laboratory resources
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Do we know what inappropriate laboratory utilization is? A systematic review of laboratory clinical audits.
OBJECTIVE Laboratory utilization has steadily increased, and some studies suggest inappropriate utilization. Therefore, we wished to assess studies that measure inappropriate laboratory use in light of methodological criteria. DESIGN Systematic review of published studies. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE, HEALTHSTAR, and EMBASE databases were searched from 1966 to September 1997 using a broad and incl...
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عنوان ژورنال: Diagnosis
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2194-802X,2194-8011
DOI: 10.1515/dx-2018-0029