Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan Hospital Laboratory On-Site Review Project

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan Hospital Laboratory On-Site Review Project

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan assessed the intensity of inpatient laboratory use for similar patients in a sample of 30 short-term hospitals in three geographic areas. Hospital records were abstracted for 1,834 patients treated in 1980 for uncomplicated (Stage 1) admissions involving eight...

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Veröffentlicht in:Inquiry (Chicago) 1983, Vol.20 (4), p.328-333
Hauptverfasser: DesHarnais, Susan, Kibe, Neel M., Barbus, Shirley
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance Plans
Clinical Laboratory Techniques - utilization
Diagnosis-Related Groups
Health insurance
Hospital Bed Capacity
Hospital records
Hospital utilization rate
Hospitalization insurance
Hospitals
Hospitals, Osteopathic
Hospitals, Teaching
Medical diagnostic tests
Michigan
Patient care
Payments
Peninsulas
Physicians
Rural Health
Teaching hospitals
Urban Health
Utilization Review
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Zusammenfassung:Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan assessed the intensity of inpatient laboratory use for similar patients in a sample of 30 short-term hospitals in three geographic areas. Hospital records were abstracted for 1,834 patients treated in 1980 for uncomplicated (Stage 1) admissions involving eight common diagnoses. It was found that patients treated in osteopathic teaching hospitals received significantly more laboratory tests than similar patients in allopathic teaching or nonteaching hospitals. Statistically significant differences were also found among the three geographic areas in the sample.
ISSN:0046-9580
1945-7243