Development and implementation of cost-effective guidelines in the laboratory investigation of diarrhea in a community hospital

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1445-1448

  Chitkara, Yoginder K ^a   McCasland, Kathleen A ^a   Kenefic, Leo ^a  

^a Carondelet St Mary's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; FECES CULTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARIZONA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; EVALUATION STUDIES; FECES; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 300 TO 499; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029920202     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.13.1445     Document Type: Article

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