Clinical decisions and laboratory use / / edited by Donald P. Connelly ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1982
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (374 pages)
• Disciplina: 616
• Soggetto topico: Clinical medicine - Decision making; Medical laboratories - Utilization; Diagnosis, Laboratory
• Altri autori: ConnellyDonald P
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; Preface; SECTION I. Medical Decisions, Technology, and Social Needs; SECTION II. The Process of Clinical Decision Making; SECTION III. Clinical Decisions and the Clinical Laboratory; SECTION IV. Medical Education and Effective Laboratory Use; SECTION V. Tools for Supporting the Decision-Making Process; SECTION VI. Research Initiatives Toward Effective Decision Making and Laboratory Use; Appendix. Discussion; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: As the national expenditure for health care continues to mount, pressures from within and outside of medicine are encouraging more effective and economical use of medical resources. Though much of the current attention is focused on a few high-cost, technologically dramatic procedures, the rapidly growing use of laboratory tests makes up a substantial portion of heal care costs. Evidence suggests that a significant amount of laboratory use is ineffective and unnecessary and could be eliminated with no harmful effects on the quality of care.
• Titolo autorizzato: Clinical decisions and laboratory use
• ISBN: 9780816661978; 0816661979
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911106254103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: University of Minnesota continuing medical education (Series) ; ; v. 1.; Publications in the health sciences.