Measuring the productivity of a hospital's clinical laboratory

Productivity and productivity improvement are popular topics. People generally agree about the need to improve productivity in this country, yet there is little consensus as to how to achieve productivity improvement or how to measure this improvement. Furthermore, there is misunderstanding regardin...

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Published in:Journal of medical systems 1984-08, Vol.8 (4), p.265-277
Main Authors: Paschke, P, Taylor, L A, Thor, C G
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