Team effect on variation in laboratory utilization on subspecialty services

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue SUPPL. 10, 2009, Pages

  Dine, C Jessica ^a   Bellini, Lisa M ^a   Iwashyna, Theodore J ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID TUMOR;

EID: 70350685936     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181b37031     Document Type: Article

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