The economic burden of hemolysis

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2015, Pages e285-e288

  Cadamuro, Janne ^a,b   Wiedemann, Helmut ^a   Mrazek, Cornelia ^a   Felder, Thomas Klaus ^a   Oberkofler, Hannes ^a   Fiedler, Georg Martin ^c   Haschke Becher, Elisabeth ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Salzburger Landeskliniken   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; HEMOLYSIS; LABORATORY TEST;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COST OF ILLNESS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS;

EID: 84944047085     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2015-0363     Document Type: Letter

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