Orders for thyroid function tests - changes over 10 years

Clare Bayram; Lisa Valenti; Helena Britt

Orders for thyroid function tests - changes over 10 years

Aust Fam Physician. 2012 Aug;41(8):555.

Authors

Clare Bayram¹, Lisa Valenti, Helena Britt

Affiliation

¹ Family Medicine Research Centre, University of Sydney, New South Wales.

PMID: 23145393

Abstract

In the BEACH (Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health) program, between 2001-02 and 2010-11, general practice orders for thyroid function tests increased by 51%.

MeSH terms

Australia
General Practice / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Thyroid Function Tests / statistics & numerical data
Thyroid Function Tests / trends*