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Clinics is a gold open access electronic international journal that publishes peer-reviewed research in continuous flow of interest to clinicians and researchers in medical and biomedical sciences based on its originality, importance, conclusions and interest to readers. CLINICS also publishes Comments and Editorials. The journal is committed to the principles of ethics, respect for the individual, humanization, honesty, pioneering spirit and excellence.Clinics is the Official Scientific journal of Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HC-FMUSP).

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Rising trends on folic acid test requests in a middle-income large academic hospital: A low-value care target for improvement

Bruno Adler Maccagnan Pinheiro Besena,b,c,

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brunobesen@yahoo.com.br

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, Fabio Augusto Rodrigues Gonçalvesd, João Vitor Ziroldo Lopese, Evelinda Marramom Trindadef, Guilherme Henrique Hencklain Fonsecag, Luiz Augusto Marcondes Fonsecah, Nairo Massakazu Sumitad, Arnaldo Lichtensteini, Leila Antonangelod

a Medical Sciences Postgraduate Programme, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil

b Medical ICU, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil

c Intensive Care Unit, A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

d LIM-03 and Clinical Laboratory, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil

e Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil

f Health Technology Assessment hub, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil

g Hematology Division, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil

h Allergy and Immunology Division, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil

i General Internal Medicine Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil

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ISSN: 18075932
Original language: English

DOI:10.1016/j.clinsp.2025.100707