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Research Article| Volume 19, ISSUE 4, P783-796, December 1999

Cost-Based (Part A) Pathology Physician Services: Origin, Current Spectrum, and Future

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      The authors review pathology cost-based services, how they developed, their current status, and future applications in a managed care environment. Special emphasis is given to the utility of outcomes analysis for pathology cost-based services.
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