A new direction in automated laboratory testing in Japan: Five years of experience with total laboratory automation system management

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 93-108

  Tatsumi, Noriyuki ^a   Okuda, Kiyoshi ^a   Tsuda, Izumi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Core laboratory; DRG PPS system; Integrated laboratory system; Laboratory efficiency; Managed care; POC tests

Indexed keywords

NERVE GAS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; INVESTMENT; JAPAN; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY TEST; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0032734847     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(99)00179-5     Document Type: Article

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