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Why clinicians overtest: development of a thematic framework

BACKGROUND: Medical tests provide important information to guide clinical management. Overtesting, however, may cause harm to patients and the healthcare system, including through misdiagnosis, false positives, false negatives and overdiagnosis. Clinicians are ultimately responsible for test request...

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Autores principales: Lam, Justin H., Pickles, Kristen, Stanaway, Fiona F., Bell, Katy J. L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7643462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33148242
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05844-9