Laboratory test ordering at physician offices with and without on-site laboratories

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1057-1063

  Bishop, Tara F ^a   Federman, Alex D ^a   Ross, Joseph S ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

laboratories economics; laboratories utilization; physician self referral; reimbursement incentive

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ELECTROLYTE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIAN SELF-REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 77957205393     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1409-7     Document Type: Article

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