OBJECTIVES: Methodology based on expert panels has been commonly used to evaluate the appropriateness of interventions...
Keywords: Appropriateness, statistical models, classification error, Clinical Guidelines
01/2006 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerWithin the activities of the Risk Management Unit of the Bari Polyclinic Hospital Corporation, an anomalous trend was found, with excessive requests for urgent laboratory tests being made in the time period between 05:00 and 07:45 h...
Keywords: Appropriateness, Emergency, Evidence-based Medicine, laboratory tests, risk management
06/2006 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter