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League tables of biochemical laboratory costs
Author(s) -
Grivell Anthony R.,
Forgie Heather J.,
Fraser Callum G.,
Berry Michael N.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1982.tb132452.x
Subject(s) - league table , workload , league , tertiary care , medical laboratory , medicine , medical emergency , operations management , medical education , computer science , family medicine , engineering , nursing , physics , astronomy , classical economics , economics , operating system
“League tables”, ordered by potential cost of biochemical laboratory tests requested, were distributed at four‐week intervals to all medical specialists of a 500‐bed tertiary care teaching hospital, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, in an attempt to reduce the workload of the laboratory. This information feedback did not appear to have any effect on over‐all laboratory utilisation or on any individual requesting pattern. However, much useful information on laboratory use was collated and summarised. It appears that more active intervention is required to eliminate unnecessary requesting of laboratory tests.