Establishing benchmarks and metrics for utilization management

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 427, Issue , 2014, Pages 127-130

  Melanson, Stacy E F ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Laboratory utilization; Utilization management

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; PATHOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; PHYSICIAN PROFILING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITY CONTROL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; UTILIZATION;

BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS;

EID: 84888866826     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2013.09.037     Document Type: Article

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