Morning rounds inpatient test availability: A College of American Pathologists Q-Probes study of 79 860 morning complete blood cell count and electrolyte test results in 367 institutions

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 499-503

  Novis, David A ^a   Dale, Jane C ^b  

^a Wentworth Douglass Hospital   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAZIL; CANADA; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; GUAM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOUTH KOREA; SPAIN; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; CANADA; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ELECTROLYTES; GREAT BRITAIN; GUAM; HUMANS; KOREA; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034086277     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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