Leveraging the real value of laboratory medicine with the value proposition

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 462, Issue , 2016, Pages 183-186

  Price, Christopher P ^a   John, Andrew St ^b   Christenson, Robert ^c   Scharnhorst, Volker ^d   Oellerich, Michael ^e   Jones, Patricia ^f   Morris, Howard A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Australian Government Australian Research Council   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical effectiveness; Cost effectiveness; Evidence based laboratory medicine; Healthcare quality; Healthcare safety; Value of laboratory medicine; Value proposition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ECONOMICS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84989832411     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2016.09.006     Document Type: Article

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