Trauma-Related Clinical Practice Variation in Dutch Emergency Departments
Structural insights in the use of protocols and the extent of practice variation in EDs are lacking. The objective is to determine the extent of practice variation in EDs in The Netherlands, based on specified common practices. We performed a comparative study on Dutch EDs that employed emergency physicians to determine practice variation. Data on practices were collected via a questionnaire. Fifty-two EDs across The Netherlands were included. Thrombosis prophylaxis was prescribed for below-knee plaster immobilization in 27% of EDs. Vitamin C was prescribed in 50% of EDs after a wrist fracture... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Healthcare, Vol 11, Iss 5, p 748 (2023) |
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MDPI AG
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Schlagwörter: | practice variation / clinical variation / The Netherlands / emergency medicine / benchmark / Medicine / R |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27188650 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11050748 |