Cost-based (Part A) pathology physician services. Origin, current spectrum, and future

C B Alexander; J M McDonald

Cost-based (Part A) pathology physician services. Origin, current spectrum, and future

Clin Lab Med. 1999 Dec;19(4):783-96, vi.

Authors

C B Alexander¹, J M McDonald

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, USA.

PMID: 10572715

Abstract

The authors review pathology cost-based services, how they developed, their current status, and future applications in a managed care environment. Special emphasis is given to the utility of outcomes analysis for pathology cost-based services.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cost Allocation
Diagnostic Services / economics*
Direct Service Costs / trends*
Forecasting*
Humans
Medicare Part A / economics*
Medicare Part A / statistics & numerical data
Pathology, Clinical / economics*
United States