Hypercoagulable workup in a community hospital setting: to test or not to test; that is the question

Background: Thrombophilia tests are often ordered unnecessarily and/or inappropriately, with significant impact on healthcare costs, hospital resources, time, and potential harm to the patient. Objective: To identify the incidence of unnecessary and inappropriate thrombophilia testing in a community...

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Main Authors: Ashish Gupta, Poras Patel, Raheel Anwar, Diana Villanueva, Viswanath Vasudevan, Elizabeth Guevara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-09-01
Series:Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2019.1655627