Reducing unnecessary inpatient laboratory testing in a teaching hospital

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 200-206

  May, Todd A ^a,b   Clancy, Mary ^c   Critchfield, Jeff ^a,c   Ebeling, Fern ^c   Enriquez, Anita ^c   Gallagher, Carmel ^c   Genevro, Jim ^c   Kloo, Jay ^c   Lewis, Paul ^c   Smith, Rita ^c   Ng, Valerie L ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Family and Community Medicine Service   (Spain)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HIGHLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Administration; Clinical pathology; Economic evaluation; Generalist; Informatics; Management; Phlebotomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST CONTROL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 33746697731     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/WP59YM73L6CEGX2F     Document Type: Article

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