Does Provider Specialty Matter? Variation in Serum Allergen-Specific IgE Testing Patterns in Pediatric Patients

摘要

Objectives: Multiple practice guidelines discourage indiscriminate use of broad panels of allergen-specific IgE (sIgE) tests due to increased risk of false positives and misinterpretation of results. We provide an analytical framework to identify specialty-specific differences in ordering patterns and effectiveness, which can be used to improve test utilization.