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Clinical Decisions and Laboratory Use
As the national expenditure for health care continues to mount, pressures from within and outside of medicine are encouraging more effective and economical use of medical resources. Though much of the current attention is focused on a few high-cost, technologically dramatic procedures, the rapidly g...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
1982.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | As the national expenditure for health care continues to mount, pressures from within and outside of medicine are encouraging more effective and economical use of medical resources. Though much of the current attention is focused on a few high-cost, technologically dramatic procedures, the rapidly growing use of laboratory tests makes up a substantial portion of heal care costs. Evidence suggests that a significant amount of laboratory use is ineffective and unnecessary and could be eliminated with no harmful effects on the quality of care. This book, which is based on the Conference on Clinic. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (376 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9780816661978 |