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Use of Laboratory Tests and Pharmaceuticals: Variation Among Physicians and Effect of Cost Audit on Subsequent Use
Abstract
Variation in costs of laboratory and drug use was audited among 33 faculty internists caring for a homogeneous population at a university clinic. Variation was more extreme for laboratory (17-fold) than for drug use (fourfold). Laboratory and drug costs per physician were significantly correlated ( P P P
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- Authors
- Schroeder, S. A.
- Venue
- JAMA
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 1973-08-20
- Volume
- 225
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 969
- ISSN
- 0002-9955 (ISSN-L)
- 0098-7484
- OpenAlex
- W1988834945
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- 187
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 18.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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