Reducing red blood cell folate testing: a case study in utilisation management
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Serum and red blood cell folate testing on hospitalized patients.
Medical Service, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland; Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Open Quality
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2399-6641
DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2018-000531