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Is it time to rebalance the case mix? A portfolio analysis of direct catheterization laboratory costs over a 5-year period

BACKGROUND: Cardiac catheterization laboratories (CLL) have continued to function as profit centers for hospitals. Due to a high percentage of material and labor costs, they are natural targets for process improvement. Our study applied a contribution margin (CBM) concept to evaluate costs and cost...

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Autores principales: Plehn, Gunnar, Butz, Thomas, Maagh, Petra, Oernek, Ahmet, Meissner, Axel, Plehn, Natalie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5094137/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27809933
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40001-016-0238-5