Factor involved in increased volume of investigations | |||||
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Cause of unnecessary investigations | Referring physicians' uncertainty | Economy/efficiency | Patient autonomy/legal claims | Medical possibility | Health market |
Repeating investigations | .220** | -.038 | .031 | -.066 | .239** |
Anticipated result unlikely to affect patient management | .321** | .012 | .025 | -.114* | .179** |
Investigating too often | .347** | .029 | .016 | -.124* | .161** |
Doing the wrong investigation | .344** | .018 | .039 | -.051 | .196** |
Insufficient referral information | .346** | .092 | .035 | -.120* | .113* |
Over-investigation | .434** | .007 | .067 | -.090 | .196** |