Cost analysis for decision support: The case of comparing centralized versus distributed methods for blood gas testing

Journal of Healthcare Management

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 207-215

  Kilgore, Meredith L ^a   Steindel, Steven J ^b   Smith, John A ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING;

EID: 0032890530     PISSN: 10969012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00115514-199905000-00011     Document Type: Article

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