Changing Trends in Laboratory Testing in the United States. A Personal, Historical Perspective

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 651-664

  Strom, Charles M ^a  

^a QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic laboratory; Business of pathology; Commercial laboratory

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL;

EID: 84867661318     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: 15579832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2012.07.003     Document Type: Review

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