INAPPROPRIATE REQUESTS FOR TUMOR MARKERS IN PATIENTS AGED 50 YEARS AND OLDER: LESSONS NOT LEARNED
OBJECTIVE: To investigate, within a private health insurance, the ordering frequency and the costs related to inappropriate tumor markers test orders. METHODS: This study analyzed data regarding tumor markers requests within a private health insurance between 2010 and 2017. Patients included in this...
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Main Authors: | Valter Paz Nascimento-Júnior (Author), Einstein Francisco Camargos (Author) |
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Brazilian Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology,
2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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