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Designation, diligence and drift: understanding laboratory expenditure increases in British Columbia, 1996/97 to 2005/06

BACKGROUND: Laboratory testing is one of the fastest growing areas of health services spending in Canada. We examine the extent to which increases in laboratory expenditures might be explained by testing that is consistent with guidelines for the management of chronic conditions, by analyzing fee-fo...

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Autores principales: Sivananthan, Saskia N, Peterson, Sandra, Lavergne, Ruth, Barer, Morris L, McGrail, Kimberlyn M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3542022/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23256515
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-12-472