Table.
Specific laboratory tests ordered ($) | Laboratory tests/patient/day
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Baseline | Pilot | P | |
General medicine | |||
CBC ($43) | 0.885 | 0.960 | 0.001 |
CBC w-diff ($181) | 0.511 | 0.312 | <0.0001 |
BMP ($48) | 0.983 | 1.012 | 0.971 |
CMP ($248) | 0.423 | 0.272 | <0.0001 |
POCT glucose ($16) | 0.688 | 0.673 | 0.424 |
Magnesium ($21) | 0.857 | 0.750 | <0.0001 |
Phosphorous ($12) | 0.687 | 0.629 | 0.003 |
Blood culture ($117) | 0.120 | 0.120 | 0.921 |
Hemglobin A1c ($65) | 0.031 | 0.029 | 0.663 |
Hepatic function ($210) | 0.024 | 0.025 | 0.676 |
Ratio CBC w-diff/CBC+CBC w-diff | 36.614 | 24.536 | <0.0001 |
Ratio CMP/BMP+CMP | 30.079 | 21.157 | <0.0001 |
Hospitalists | |||
CBC ($43) | 0.679 | 0.607 | <0.0001 |
CBC w-diff ($181) | 0.486 | 0.393 | <0.0001 |
BMP ($48) | 0.817 | 0.721 | <0.0001 |
CMP ($248) | 0.390 | 0.301 | <0.0001 |
POCT glucose ($16) | 0.622 | 0.540 | <0.0001 |
Magnesium ($21) | 0.524 | 0.478 | 0.001 |
Phosphorous ($12) | 0.360 | 0.291 | <0.0001 |
Blood culture ($117) | 0.120 | 0.105 | 0.019 |
Hemoglobin A1c ($65) | 0.026 | 0.028 | 0.504 |
Hepatic function ($210) | 0.020 | 0.015 | 0.063 |
Ratio CBC w-diff/CBC+CBC w-diff | 41.709 | 39.308 | 0.044 |
Ratio CMP/BMP+CMP | 32.310 | 29.419 | 0.005 |
BMP, basic metabolic panel; CBC, complete blood count; CMP, comprehensive metabolic panel; POCT, point-of-care testing; w-diff, with differential.