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Evaluating STAT testing alternatives by calculating annual laboratory costs.
Until 1984, when the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) was passed, hospitals and their clinical laboratories were fully reimbursed for nearly all test analyses that were performed. The DRA established a Medicare system that indirectly pays for laboratory tests as part of a total-care reimbursement fee based on the diagnosis-related group (DRG) that classifies the patient’s clinical condition. Under t...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Laboratory Automation News
سال: 1997
ISSN: 2471-4240
DOI: 10.1177/221106829700200104