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Research Article| Volume 5, ISSUE 4, P725-752, December 1985

Cost-Containment and the Use of Reference Laboratories

  • S.T. Shaw
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    Corresponding author: Department of Pathology, The University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Box 404, Chicago, Illinois 60637
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    Professor, Department of Pathology, The University of Chicago-Pritzker School of Medicine, and Director, Clinical Laboratories, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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  • John M. Miller
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    Administrative Director, Hospital Laboratories, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0272-2712(18)30843-6
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