Active intervention in hospital test request panels pays

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 731-742

  Janssens, Pim M W ^a   Staring, Wilma ^a   Winkelman, Kirsten ^a   Krist, Gert ^a  

^a RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cost reduction; intervention; laboratory management; ordering behavior; preanalytic phase; test panel

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONSULTATION; COST CONTROL; DATA PROCESSING; HEMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COST SAVINGS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84928011179     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2014-0575     Document Type: Article

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