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Secondary objectives included the following: to identify common inappropriate investigations, to evaluate the impact of abnormal testing on patient management, to determine factors affecting noncompliant tests, and to estimate unnecessary expenditure.<jats:italic>Methods<\/jats:italic>. This retrospective study was conducted on adult patients over a one-year period. The institute\u2019s guidelines recommend tests according to the patients\u2019 age groups: a complete blood count (CBC) for those patients aged 18\u201345; CBC, chest radiograph (CXR) and electrocardiography (ECG) for those aged 46\u201360; and CBC, CXR, ECG, electrolytes, blood glucose, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), and creatinine (Cr) for patients aged 61\u201365.<jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>. The medical records of 1,496 patients were reviewed. Compliant testing was found in only 12.1% (95% CI, 10.5\u201313.9). BUN and Cr testings were the most frequently overprescribed tests. 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