Utilization management in the changing health-care environment

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 427, Issue , 2014, Pages 109-110

  Rao, Sandhya K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care costs; Health care policy; Health care reform; Utilization management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HOSPITALIZATION COST; LABORATORY TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888858302     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2013.09.036     Document Type: Article

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