Zero base approach to fiscal management of the laboratory.
Lab administrators who face the challenge of providing quality care while cutting costs need a way to periodically re-evaluate all lab functions and services. The guidelines presented here, based on the Zero Base Budget approach, formulate a management strategy for the lab that could lead to better fiscal planning.
D002017:Budgets / Q000379:methods*; D005376:Financial Management / Q000379:methods*; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000191:economics*; D007753:Laboratories / Q000191:economics*; D008145:Louisiana; D010337:Pathology Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics*