Medical Outcomes Assessment and Management with Emphasis on Laboratory Applications

Health Care Manager

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 55-62

  Umiker, William ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Downstream monitoring; Indicators and domains of outcomes; New career opportunities; Outcomes assessment; Outcomes management; Provider and test comparisons; Quality; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

BENCHMARKING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032406650     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: 1550512X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126450-199812000-00010     Document Type: Article

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