Postanalytical factors and their influence on analytical quality specifications

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 551-554

  Goldschmidt, Henk ^a  

^a Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Error rates; Information based costing; Medical information; Postanalytical quality specifications; Self reporting routines

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LABORATORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033379299     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365519950185337     Document Type: Review

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