ArticleScandinavian journal of primary health care2020
A compulsory pop-up form reduces the number of vitamin D requests from general practitioners by 25 percent.
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- Repeated Measurements of Vitamin D: Common and Very Unlikely to Indicate Deficiency.Clinical endocrinology · 2026Article
- Minimizing unnecessary proBNP blood tests: an evaluation of a pop-up form implementation in general practice.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2025Article
- The Copenhagen Primary Care Laboratory (CopLab) Database.Clinical epidemiology · 2024Article
- Organizational influences on the use of low-value care in primary health care - a qualitative interview study with physicians in Sweden.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2022Article
- Blood tests - too much of a good thing.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveHealthcare costs, including costs for laboratory tests, are increasing worldwide. One example is the measurement of vitamin D. General practitioners in the Capital Region of Denmark include a vitamin D status in approximately 20% of all laboratory requisitions. This study intended to examine the effect of a compulsory pop-up form in the electronic request system on the number of vitamin D tests and to monitor the indications.
designFrom 1 January 2017, we introduced a compulsory pop-up form in which the general practitioners had to state the indication for measuring vitamin D, choosing from a predefined set of indications. Intervention practitioners were compared with control practitioners before and after the intervention.
settingGeneral practices in the Capital Region of Denmark. SUBJECTS: In total, 572 general practitioners and 383,964 patients were included in the period from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2018.
main outcome measuresNumber of vitamin D tests and distribution of indications.
resultsWe observed a drop in number of vitamin D requisitions to 70% (in 2017) and 75% (in 2018) relative to 2016. During the same period, the number of requisitions increased by 33% in a non-intervention group of practitioners. The indication 'Monitoring of treatment with vitamin D' was the most frequently used indication, recorded in 121,475 patients.
conclusionA compulsory pop-up form reduces the number of vitamin D requests from general practitioners by 25%. The implication is that pop-up forms can be used to decrease healthcare costs.
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