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ERIC Number: EJ395340
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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An Education Program to Reduce Unnecessary Laboratory Tests by Residents.
Dowling, Patrick T.; And Others
Academic Medicine, v64 n7 p410-12 Jul 1989
A program at an inner-city community health center involving 20 family practice residents provided an educational intervention concerning the use of laboratory tests based on quality of care, not cost containment. During the program, the use of thyroid stimulating hormone test declined, while complete blood counts ordered did not. (MSE)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Clinics, Costs, Efficiency, Family Practice (Medicine), Graduate Medical Education, Higher Education, Laboratory Procedures, Tests
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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