title: Modern day bloodletting: is that laboratory test necessary?
authors: Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA. cosimi@partners.org
authors: A Benedict
authors: AB
authors: Cosimi
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D001772:Blood Cell Count / Q000191:economics*; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000191:economics*; D001815:Bloodletting / Q000191:economics*; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D003675:Defensive Medicine / Q000191:economics; D016527:Drug Costs / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends*; D017722:Hospital Charges / Q000639:trends*; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D018962:Phlebotomy / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures / Q000191:economics