Selection of measurement and control procedures to satisfy the Health Care Financing Administration requirements and provide cost-effective operation.
The basic principles of method evaluation and quality control system design have been extensively studied and described. However, the interaction among the various independent variables comprising the complete analytical system is not so well known. In this article, a model of a generalized analytical system is presented and the nature of the interaction among analytical method parameters and quality control system parameters is explored. Implications of recent Health Care Financing Administration regulations for allowable total error are also discussed.
Burnett
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Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hartford Hospital, CT 06115.
Westgard
J O
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D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. / Q000592:standards*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D017059:Models, Econometric; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States