TY - JOUR T1 - A diagnostic centre for general practitioners: results of individual feedback on diagnostic actions. JF - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO - J R Coll Gen Pract SP - 507 LP - 508 VL - 39 IS - 329 AU - P Pop AU - R A Winkens Y1 - 1989/12/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/39/329/507.abstract N2 - A diagnostic centre, managing diagnostic tests for general practice, can improve the service provided by primary health care and the communication between general practitioners and specialists. In addition, it can evaluate the use and misuse of tests. This paper describes the work of a diagnostic centre in the Netherlands serving 80 general practitioners. Following the introduction of individual feedback to general practitioners on their use of diagnostic tests there was a decrease in the number of requests for tests. ER -