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Original Article

Regional variations in test requiring patterns of general practitioners in Spain

María SalinasDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Hospital Universitario de San Juan, Alicante, Spain
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Maite López-GarrigósDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Hospital Universitario de San Juan, Alicante, SpainCorrespondence[email protected]
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Julián DÍazDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Hospital Francesc Borja, Gandía, Valencia, Spain
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Mario OrtuñoDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Hospital de la Ribera, Alzira, Valencia, Spain
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Martin YagoDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Hospital de Requena, Valencia, Spain
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Begoña LaízDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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Arturo CarratalaDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Hospital Clinico Universitario, Valencia, Spain
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Virtudes ChinchillaDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Spain
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Goizane MarcaidaDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Spain
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Enrique Rodriguez-BorjaDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Hospital Clinico Universitario, Valencia, Spain
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Angel EstebanDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Spain
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Marcos GuaitaDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Spain
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Cristina AguadoDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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Miguel A. LorenteDepartment of Information Systems, Roche Diagnostics, Valencia, Spain
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Emilio FloresDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Hospital Universitario de San Juan, Alicante, Spain
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JoaquÍn UrisDepartment of Public Health, University of Alicante, Spain
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Pages 247-251 | Received 30 May 2011, Accepted 11 Jul 2011, Published online: 09 Nov 2011

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María Salinas, Maite López-Garrigós, Emilio Flores, Joaquín Uris & Carlos Leiva-Salinas. (2015) Potential over request in anemia laboratory tests in primary care in Spain. Hematology 20:6, pages 368-373.
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Anders Larsson. (2011) What can we learn from studies on regional differences in the utilization of laboratory tests?. Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences 116:4, pages 225-226.
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Maria Salinas, Emilio Flores, Maite López-Garrigós, Rosa Carbonell & Carlos Leiva-Salinas. (2021) Dealing with redundant gamma glutamyl transpeptidase in primary care, when requested along with alkaline phosphatase. Clinical Biochemistry 97, pages 74-77.
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María Salinas, Maite López-Garrigós, Emilio Flores, Ester Martín & Carlos Leiva-Salinas. (2021) The clinical laboratory: a decision maker hub. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM) 59:10, pages 1634-1641.
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Maria Salinas, Maite López-Garrigós, Emilio Flores & Carlos Leiva-Salinas. (2017) Urinary albumin: a risk marker under-requested in primary care in Spain. Annals of Clinical Biochemistry: International Journal of Laboratory Medicine 55:2, pages 281-286.
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Maria Salinas, Maite López-Garrigós, Emilio Flores & Carlos Leiva-Salinas. (2017) Primary care requests for anaemia chemistry tests in Spain: potential iron, transferrin and folate over-requesting. Journal of Clinical Pathology 70:9, pages 760-765.
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Maria Salinas, Maite López-Garrigós, Emilio Flores & Carlos Leiva-Salinas. (2017) Large-Scale Analysis Evaluating Regional Variability in the Request of Laboratory Tests in Primary Care and its Potential Economic Impact. Laboratory Medicine 48:3, pages 271-276.
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Maria Salinas, Maite Lopez-Garrigos, Emilio Flores & Carlos Leiva-Salinas. (2017) Evaluating regional variability in the use of the most commonly requested laboratory tests in primary care in Spain: data from the multi-center national scale REDCONLAB initiative. LaboratoriumsMedizin 41:2, pages 99-104.
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Maria Salinas, Maite López-Garrigós, Emilio Flores & Carlos Leiva-Salinas. (2017) Temporal and regional variability in the request of vitamin D from general practitioners in Spain. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM) 55:11.
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Maria Salinas, Maite López-Garrigós, Francisco J. Pomares, Emilio Flores, Joaquín Uris & Carlos Leiva-Salinas. (2016) Request of thyroid function tests from Primary Care in Spain. Endocrinología y Nutrición (English Edition) 63:1, pages 19-26.
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Maria Salinas, Maite López-Garrigós, Emilio Flores, Joaquín Uris & Carlos Leiva-Salinas. (2015) Request of laboratory liver tests in primary care in Spain. European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology 27:10, pages 1130-1136.
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Maria Salinas, Maite López-Garrigós, Joaquín Uris & Carlos Leiva-Salinas. (2014) A study of the differences in the request of glycated hemoglobin in primary care in Spain: A global, significant, and potentially dangerous under-request. Clinical Biochemistry 47:12, pages 1104-1107.
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Maria Salinas, Maite López-Garrigós, Alberto Asencio, Enrique Batlle, Mauricio Minguez, Javier Lugo, Elías Salinas & Carlos Leiva-Salinas. (2014) Strategy to improve the request of uric acid in primary care: Preliminary results and evaluation through process and outcome appropriateness indicators. Clinical Biochemistry 47:6, pages 467-470.
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