TY - JOUR
T1 - Not Too Hot, Not Too Cold, but "just Right"
AU - Hanson, Brian J.
AU - Shaukat, Aasma
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 by the American College of Gastroenterology.
PY - 2017/11/1
Y1 - 2017/11/1
N2 - When ordering diagnostic tests, physicians are faced with a problem of not too many tests, not too few, but 'just right'. However, in medical diagnostics 'just right' may be very difficult to identify. Such is the conundrum presented in study by Rubenstein and colleagues regarding appropriate use of repeat esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) medical facilities. The important message of this paper is that out of 235,855 patients with an index EGD, 36% underwent repeat EGD over 5 years, of which only 9% (range 3-18%a cross VHA facilities) were classified as probable overuse.
AB - When ordering diagnostic tests, physicians are faced with a problem of not too many tests, not too few, but 'just right'. However, in medical diagnostics 'just right' may be very difficult to identify. Such is the conundrum presented in study by Rubenstein and colleagues regarding appropriate use of repeat esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) medical facilities. The important message of this paper is that out of 235,855 patients with an index EGD, 36% underwent repeat EGD over 5 years, of which only 9% (range 3-18%a cross VHA facilities) were classified as probable overuse.
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U2 - 10.1038/ajg.2017.358
DO - 10.1038/ajg.2017.358
M3 - Review article
C2 - 29109494
AN - SCOPUS:85032949806
SN - 0002-9270
VL - 112
SP - 1686
EP - 1688
JO - American Journal of Gastroenterology
JF - American Journal of Gastroenterology
IS - 11
ER -