Impact of Order Restrictions on Hemoglobin A1c Requests at Primary Health Care Centers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
We conclude that policy restriction alone might not be effective in reducing the burden of early testing. The early testing tendency was less in the post-intervention period. However, early testing was a common practice in both pre- and post-intervention phases. As physicians are the ones ordering the tests, deeper insight is needed from the physician's perspective.
Authors
- Razan AlGhassab
- Nazish Masud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2366-9770)
- Maha Alakeely (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0533-8778)
- Fatemah Bin Saleh
- Sarrah Albakri
- Moath Alkathiri
- Nouf AlFagih
Institutions
- King Abdulaziz Medical City (SA)
- Georgia Southern University (US)
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (SA)
- National Guard Health Affairs (SA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Risk Management and Healthcare Policy
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/rmhp.s499918
- Primary Topic
- Medical Coding and Health Information
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs