Laboratory service sharing for cost containment.
A pilot project implemented by two Montreal hospitals measured the impact on costs of sharing laboratory services for a limited number of biochemical tests while maintaining quality of care. The incremental costs of shared services were compared to the costs of the hospitals performing tests independently and to those of referring tests to another hospital laboratory. The costs of the tests were based on the average price asked by three major Montreal facilities.
St. Mary's Hospital, Montreal.
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D017046:Cost Savings / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003625:Data Collection; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006755:Hospital Shared Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011792:Quebec