Techniques to Improve Physicians' Use of Diagnostic Tests

Statistical Methods for Rates and Proportions

2003 • 17,930 citations

Changing physician performance. A systematic review of the effect of continuing medical education strategies

1995 • 2,668 citations

No magic bullets: a systematic review of 102 trials of interventions to improve professional practice.

1995 • 1,872 citations

A method for assessing the quality of a randomized control trial

1981 • 1,370 citations

Health Promotion Planning: An Educational and Environmental Approach

1991 • 1,231 citations

Interpretation by Physicians of Clinical Laboratory Results

1978 • 738 citations

Dealing With Medical Practice Variations: A Proposal for Action

1984 • 718 citations

Incorporating variations in the quality of individual randomized trials into meta-analysis

1992 • 649 citations

The Effect on Test Ordering of Informing Physicians of the Charges for Outpatient Diagnostic Tests

1990 • 423 citations

A Randomized Trial of Continuing Medical Education

1982 • 351 citations

Physician utilization. The state of research about physicians' practice patterns.

1985 • 300 citations

A Trial of Two Strategies to Modify the Test-Ordering Behavior of Medical Residents

1980 • 297 citations

Multicentre trial to introduce the Ottawa ankle rules for use of radiography in acute ankle injuries

1995 • 282 citations

Cancer as a cause of back pain

1988 • 256 citations

Non-medical influences on medical decision-making

1996 • 222 citations

Medical Heuristics: The Silent Adjudicators of Clinical Practice

1996 • 205 citations

Influencing Behavior of Physicians Ordering Laboratory Tests

1993 • 198 citations

Use of Laboratory Tests and Pharmaceuticals

1973 • 195 citations

Computer Predictions of Abnormal Test Results

1988 • 168 citations

An educational program to modify laboratory use by house staff

1977 • 163 citations

The failure of physician education as a cost containment strategy. Report of a prospective controlled trial at a university hospital

1984 • 154 citations

When Does Information Change Practitioners' Behavior?

1988 • 152 citations

The Role of Physicians in the Future of Quality Management

1996 • 150 citations

Ultilization of clinical chemistry services by medical house staff. An analysis

1974 • 117 citations

Does the Computerized Display of Charges Affect Inpatient Ancillary Test Utilization?

1997 • 117 citations

Computer-based Audit to Detect and Correct Overutilization of Laboratory Tests

1977 • 117 citations

Variation among Physicians in Use of Laboratory Tests II. Relation to Clinical Productivity and Outcomes of Care

1977 • 111 citations

Does Cost Information Availability Reduce Physician Test Usage?

1982 • 111 citations

Feedback Reduces Test Use in a Health Maintenance Organization

1986 • 106 citations

A Review of Physician Cost-Containment Strategies for Laboratory Testing

1983 • 102 citations

Ordering of laboratory tests in a teaching hospital. Can it be improved?

1983 • 102 citations

Implementation of the Ottawa Ankle Rules in France

1997 • 100 citations

Laboratory Test Form Design Influences Test Ordering by General Practitioners in the Netherlands

1992 • 95 citations

Inappropriate use of laboratory services: long term combined approach to modify request patterns.

1990 • 93 citations

Modifying Test-Ordering Behavior in the Outpatient Medical Clinic

1985 • 89 citations

MULTICENTRE TRIAL OF FOUR STRATEGIES TO REDUCE USE OF A RADIOLOGICAL TEST

1986 • 83 citations

Effect of Cost Education, Cost Audits, and Faculty Chart Review on the Use of Laboratory Services

1983 • 79 citations

A controlled trial to decrease the unnecessary use of diagnostic tests

1986 • 72 citations

Effects of an educational feedback strategy on physician utilization of thyroid function panels.

1979 • 70 citations

Practice guidelines to reduce testing in the hospital

1990 • 68 citations

Changing physician test ordering in a university hospital. An intervention of physician participation, explicit criteria, and feedback.

1989 • 67 citations

Methods of Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials in Health Services Research

1995 • 56 citations

Improving laboratory usage: a review

1988 • 55 citations

Failure of Low-cost Audits With Feedback to Reduce Laboratory Test Utilization

1987 • 47 citations

Effect of Daily Charge Feedback on Inpatient Charges and Physician Knowledge and Behavior

1989 • 47 citations

Changing test ordering behavior. A randomized controlled trial comparing probabilistic reasoning with cost-containment education.

1989 • 47 citations

A Successful Experiment to Reduce Unnecessary Laboratory Use in a Community Hospital

1988 • 44 citations

Effect of Education and Feedback on Thyroid Function Testing Strategies of Primary Care Clinicians

1991 • 43 citations

Evaluation of an Intervention Aimed at Reducing Inappropriate Use of Preoperative Blood Coagulation Tests

1989 • 42 citations

An education program to reduce unnecessary laboratory tests by residents

1989 • 39 citations

Teaching cost containment to house officers at Charlotte Memorial Hospital

1979 • 38 citations

The Laboratory Test Justified: An Effective Means to Reduce Routine Laboratory Testing

1985 • 34 citations

Improving House Staff Ordering of Three Common Laboratory Tests

1987 • 34 citations

Effect of mandatory radiology consultation on inpatient imaging use. A randomized controlled trial.

1996 • 34 citations

A diagnostic centre for general practitioners: results of individual feedback on diagnostic actions.

1989 • 31 citations

Impact of a Cost-Containment Educational Program on Housestaff Ambulatory Clinic Charges

1983 • 29 citations

The effects of a cost-education program on hospital charges

1987 • 29 citations

Cost containment through cost awareness: a strategy that failed.

1981 • 23 citations

The impact on house officers of educational and administrative interventions in an outpatient department

1976 • 22 citations

Variation in Ophthalmic Testing Prior to Cataract Surgery

1995 • 21 citations

Are decisions taken by health care professionals rational? A non systematic review of experimental and quasi experimental literature

1996 • 20 citations

Effect of “standard order” deletion on emergency department coagulation profile use

1992 • 19 citations

Continuous improvement, quality control, and cost containment in clinical laboratory testing. Enhancement of physicians' laboratory-ordering practices.

1994 • 18 citations

The investigation of chest pain: audit and intervention

1993 • 16 citations

Administrative Change and Diagnostic Test Use

1984 • 13 citations

Changing Physicians’ Attitudes, Knowledge, and Self-efficacy Regarding Cholesterol Screening and Management

1993 • 12 citations

Financial unbundling reduces outpatient laboratory use.

1987 • 9 citations

Graded treadmill stress testing. Patterns of physician use and abuse.

1977 • 7 citations

Evaluating Doctors’ Office Testing Patterns

1986 • 5 citations