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In 1983, with the Federal Government’s adoption of diagnostic related groups as a basic reimbursement methodology the hospital industry and clinical laboratories of the United States were highly impacted. This change has created some traumatic impacts upon management philosophy within the hospital and has caused the laboratory to be viewed as a different type of operating entity. The hospital clinical laboratory has reacted by adapting and substantially altering its production and management philosophy and approach.
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Giles, A.L. (1989). Diagnostic Related Groups: The Influence of Refunding of Cost on the Organization of Clinical Laboratories. In: den Boer, N.C., van der Heiden, C., Leijnse, B., Souverijn, J.H.M. (eds) Clinical Chemistry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0753-2_3
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