Variation in charges for 10 common blood tests in California hospitals: A cross-sectional analysis

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Hsia, Renee Y ^a   Antwi, Yaa Akosa ^b   Nath, Julia P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, PROPRIETARY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, VOLUNTARY; HUMANS;

EID: 84905919606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005482     Document Type: Article

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