Salloum S, Franssen E
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Services Centre, Toronto.
Can Fam Physician. 1993 May;39:1055-61.
Forty-eight family physicians completed a 10-item questionnaire about their use of laboratory investigations, and "ordered" tests for five clinical vignettes, estimating the cost of tests ordered. Physicians practising less than 10 years ordered more tests and overestimated the cost. Patients' expectations and risk of litigation affected test-ordering behaviour. Strategies to manage resources dedicated to laboratory investigations are explored.
48名家庭医生完成了一份关于他们使用实验室检查的10项问卷,并针对5个临床病例“开出”了检查项目,估算所开检查的费用。从业不到10年的医生开出的检查更多,且高估了费用。患者的期望和诉讼风险影响了检查开单行为。文中探讨了管理实验室检查资源的策略。