Chemistry test ordering patterns after elimination of predefined multitest chemistry panels in a children's hospital

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 446-453

  Pysher, Theodore J ^a,b   Bach, Phillip R ^b   Lowichik, Amy ^a,b   Petersen, Mark D ^b   Shields, Linda H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemistry; Clinical economics; Diagnostic tests; Health care costs; Laboratories economics; Routine economics; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 0032855643     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100249900148     Document Type: Article

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