Laboratory expenditure in Pegasus Medical Group: A comparison of high and low users of laboratory tests with academics

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1105, 2000, Pages 79-81

  Malcolm, Laurence ^b   Wright, Lyn ^c   Seers, Martin ^c   Davies, Lanktree ^c   Guthrie, Jarrad ^a  

^a Pegasus Medical Group   (New Zealand)

^b Health Care Aotearoa   (New Zealand)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; COST CONTROL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0034628808     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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