Use of Laboratory Tests and Pharmaceuticals
JAMAPublished 20 August 1973
Steven A. Schroeder
Citations192
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score5.35
SNIP10.71
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Variation in costs of laboratory and drug use was audited among 33 faculty internists caring for a homogeneous population at a university clinic and Laboratory and drug costs per physician were significantly correlated.
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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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