Financial impact of a targeted reduction in cardiac enzyme testing at a community hospital
Objectives: Nearly one-third of healthcare costs are potentially avoidable and would not compromise medical care if eliminated. Therefore, we sought to evaluate the financial impact of reduction in use of creatinine kinase (CK)-MB and myoglobin tests after removing them from the cardiac enzyme order...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2016-10-01
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| Series: | Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jchimp.net/index.php/jchimp/article/view/32816/pdf_154 |