Laboratory services for psychiatric facilities.
The science and marketing of psychiatric treatment are rapidly changing, and the changes are reflected, in part, in the recent evolution of the use of laboratory services. Nevertheless, there are few, if any, articles in the literature addressing how a laboratory service can best assist a psychiatric hospital. This article presents a scaffolding of current issues to be considered when determining how a laboratory can assist the psychiatric facility. It cites the special laboratory needs of the psychiatric hospital and issues to be considered when evaluating laboratory service.
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D003284:Contract Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007753:Laboratories / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States