title: Appropriateness guidelines to balance quality and cost.
authors.affiliation: InterQual, Marlborough, MA, USA.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Jacobs
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000592:standards; D012984:Software; D014481:United States