Improved laboratory test selection and enhanced perception of test results as tools for cost-effective medicine

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 683-690

  Mayer, Michael ^a   Wilkinson, Ian ^b   Heikkinen, Risto ^c   Ørntoft, Torben ^d   Magid, Erik ^e  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Manitoba Health   (Canada)

^c Deaconess Hospital   (Finland)

^d Department of Clinical Biochemistry   (Denmark)

^e AMAGER HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cost and cost analysis; Diagnosis; Diagnostic tests; Discriminant function analysis; Expert systems; Financial management; Likelihood ratios; ROC analysis

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0031668164     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.1998.121     Document Type: Review

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