One Hospital’s Response to Cost Containment Pressure in Patient Laboratory Services

作者: Patrick Jaska , Patrick T. Hogan , Paul Ziegler

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摘要: The Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (H.R. 4872) is expected to have a significant effect on health care for individuals hospitals. One intended H.R. 4872 in its impact cost containment, particularly hospital services. area services that reflect high patient demand laboratory Some hospitals brought lab work inside the look ways reduce costs while maintaining quality. In this study, authors were asked by regional U.S. help updating computation reference intervals specific population related routine tests. This study performed initial step toward determining usable hospital.

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