作者
María Salinas, Maite López-Garrigós, Julián DÍaz, Mario Ortuño, Martin Yago, Begoña Laíz, Arturo Carratala, Virtudes Chinchilla, Goizane Marcaida, Enrique Rodriguez-Borja, Angel Esteban, Marcos Guaita, Cristina Aguado, Miguel A Lorente, Emilio Flores, JoaquÍn Uris
发表日期
2011/11/1
期刊
Upsala journal of medical sciences
卷号
116
期号
4
页码范围
247-251
出版商
Taylor & Francis
简介
Objective. To analyze the requesting patterns for a range of laboratory tests ordered in 2009 from eight laboratories providing services to eight health areas, using appropriate indicators.
Design. Indicators measured every test request per 1,000 inhabitants, and indicators that measured the number of tests per related test requested by general practitioners were calculated. The savings generated, if each Health Care Department achieved the appropriate indicator standard, were also calculated. Laboratory Information System registers were collected, and indicators were calculated automatically in each laboratory using a data warehouse application.
Results. There was a large difference in demand for tests by health areas. The ratio of related tests also showed a great variability. The savings generated if each Health Care Department had achieved the appropriate indicator standard were €172,116 for free thyroxine …
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