The landscape of inappropriate laboratory testing: a 15-year meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND: Laboratory testing is the single highest-volume medical activity and drives clinical decision-making across medicine. However, the overall landscape of inappropriate testing, which is thought to be dominated by repeat testing, is unclear. Systematic differences in initial vs. repeat test...

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Main Authors: Ming Zhi, Eric L Ding, Jesse Theisen-Toupal, Julia Whelan, Ramy Arnaout
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3829815?pdf=render