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Research Article| Volume 5, ISSUE 4, P635-651, December 1985

Quantitative Analysis of Cost-Savings Strategies in the Clinical Laboratory

  • James W. Winkelman
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    Department of Pathology, Division of Clinical Pathology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, New York 13210
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    Professor and Acting Chairman, Department of Pathology, and Director, Division of Clinical Pathology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, New York
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0272-2712(18)30837-0
Quantitative Analysis of Cost-Savings Strategies in the Clinical Laboratory
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      Various strategies for cutting costs in the hospital clinical laboratory are noted, including straight cost cutting, modifications of internal operations, degradation of functions and services, reduced utilization, shared hospital services, and reorganization. Dr. Winkelman defines quantitatively, where data exist, the actual cost savings that the different options have been claimed to produce.
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