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Variation in diagnostic test requests and outcomes: a preliminary metric for OpenPathology.net

Efforts to reduce healthcare costs have led to the development of metrics to identify unwarranted variation in care. Previous work assessing diagnostic tests is limited, despite their substantial contribution to expenditure. We explored C-reactive Protein (CRP) and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ES...

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Autores principales: O’Sullivan, Jack W., Heneghan, Carl, Perera, Rafael, Oke, Jason, Aronson, Jeffrey K., Shine, Brian, Goldacre, Ben
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5859290/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29556075
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23263-z