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If You Don't Know Why a Problem Occurs, Can Effective Interventions Be Developed? Reducing Medical Diagnostic Testing.
Posavac, Emil J.; Hoffman, Laura – 1992
A meta-analysis of 35 interventions to reduce diagnostic testing revealed that testing was reduced overall by 17.6%. Stronger effects were found for immediate reductions (31.7%) compared to reduction at follow-up times (18.7%) and stronger effects were found for interventions targeted at specific tests (23.2%) compared to interventions designed to…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness