Technological Change and Clinical Laboratory Utilization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9100771 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stan N Finkelstein (0000-0003-2935-2950, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1048-1056 |
| Publication date | 1980-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-198010000-00008 |
| PMID | 7453265 |
| OpenAlex | W2020618620 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
Many believe that improvement in laboratory automation has been responsible for the considerable growth in the volume of tests that has occurred in recent years. Results are presented from an 8-year national survey of hospital laboratory utilization that show no definitive correlation between technological change and growth in volume of well-established clinical laboratory tests. These results leave room for hypothesizing other major contributory factors to volume increases such as a behavioral change on the part of practitioners who order tests and place increased diagnostic importance on laboratory results in addition to medical histories and physical examinations. If the findings prove correct, successful regulatory strategies for the containment of laboratory costs might be as likely to come from those that directly address practitioners' behavior as from those that limit capacity by requiring prior approval for acquisition of new laboratory equipment
Intensive care medicine · Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control · Medicine
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1991 - 1991 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |