Primary care use of laboratory tests in Northern Ireland's Western Health and Social Care Trust: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe the laboratory test ordering patterns by general practitioners (GPs) in Northern Ireland Western Health and Social Care Trust (WHSCT) and explore demographic and socioeconomic associations with test requesting.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

WHSCT, Northern Ireland. : Particip ANTS: 55 WHSCT primary care medical practices that remained open throughout the study period 1 April 2011-31 March 2016.

Outcomes

To identify the temporal patterns of laboratory test ordering behaviour for eight commonly requested clinical biochemistry tests/test groups in WHSCT. To analyse the extent of variations in laboratory test requests by GPs and to explore whether these variations can be accounted for by clinical outcomes or geographical, demog

SUBMITTER: Bucholc M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6596952 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature