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Commercialization of health services: implications for the laboratories

The commercialization of health services has wide ranging implications for all medical specialties as well as for patients. Factors that must be considered include not only the financial implications, but also questions of quality and academic interests such as teaching and training. Laboratories mu...

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Main Author: Riley, P.A.
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Published: College of Pathologists, Academy of Medicine Malaysia 1996
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spelling my.um.eprints.14872018-10-26T01:55:58Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/1487/ Commercialization of health services: implications for the laboratories Riley, P.A. R Medicine The commercialization of health services has wide ranging implications for all medical specialties as well as for patients. Factors that must be considered include not only the financial implications, but also questions of quality and academic interests such as teaching and training. Laboratories must provide a service that the purchaser wishes to buy and must be successful in overcoming competition from the private sector. Each component part of the overall service must be analyzed in order that the laboratory is efficiently structured to provide an optimum service. A good understanding of management issues and a flexible approach are paramount in the provision of efficient, cost-effective and quality service for the ultimate benefit of the patient. College of Pathologists, Academy of Medicine Malaysia 1996-06 Article PeerReviewed Riley, P.A. (1996) Commercialization of health services: implications for the laboratories. The Malaysian Journal of Pathology, 18 (1). pp. 21-5. ISSN 0126-8635 10879220
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Commercialization of health services: implications for the laboratories
description The commercialization of health services has wide ranging implications for all medical specialties as well as for patients. Factors that must be considered include not only the financial implications, but also questions of quality and academic interests such as teaching and training. Laboratories must provide a service that the purchaser wishes to buy and must be successful in overcoming competition from the private sector. Each component part of the overall service must be analyzed in order that the laboratory is efficiently structured to provide an optimum service. A good understanding of management issues and a flexible approach are paramount in the provision of efficient, cost-effective and quality service for the ultimate benefit of the patient.
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title_short Commercialization of health services: implications for the laboratories
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publisher College of Pathologists, Academy of Medicine Malaysia
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