An approach to studying the cost behavior of changing utilization of a hospital laboratory.

Abstract:

:Strategies for cost containment in the clinical laboratory have been proposed and some are being tested. An approach is described and illustrated in this article for estimating the size of a cost reduction that might be observed in response to hypothetical changes in the utilization of the clinical laboratory. The variability of laboratory costs with changing volume is reported as a function of the assumptions made.

journal_name

Hum Pathol

journal_title

Human pathology

authors

Finkelstein SN

doi

10.1016/s0046-8177(80)80051-7

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1980-09-01 00:00:00

pages

435-9

issue

5

eissn

0046-8177

issn

1532-8392

pii

S0046-8177(80)80051-7

journal_volume

11

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