Providing clinicians with information on laboratory test costs leads to reduction in hospital expenditure

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 746-748

  Ellemdin, S ^a   Rheeder, P ^a   Soma, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL RUNNING COST; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AWARENESS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; PHYSICIANS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 80053300511     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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