Patterns of add-on tests for hospitalized and for private patient populations

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1794-1799

  Naumova, Nadia N ^a   Schappert, Joseph ^a,b   Kaplan, Lawrence A ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ICON Central Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SAMPLING;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME;

EID: 37349099492     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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