Jonathan Kay wrote:
>
> There must be some data in the Dutch study of high-pressure feedback of
> requesting activity and consequent reduction of lab use. Does anyone have the
> references?
>
> Jonathan Kay
> University of Oxford
ANSWER:The reference is
Ron AG Winkens et al.
Effects of routine individual feedback over nine years on general
practitioners´requests of tests
British Medical Journal 1996;312:490
A Swedish report (Spri report 461 ,1998)on optimal use of clinical
chemistry in primary care (also including tests we think are underused)
will be available in English in a few weeks.
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With kind regards,
Nils Tryding
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