title: Appropriateness of laboratory testing in inflammatory bowel disease inpatients: an opportunity to reduce unnecessary healthcare costs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland, aoibhlinn@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Aoibhlinn
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: O'Toole
authors.forename: Gavin C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Harewood
mesh_terms: D017046:Cost Savings; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003938:Diagnostic Techniques, Digestive System / Q000191:economics*; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000191:economics; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000191:economics*; D007297:Inpatients; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000191:economics; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000191:economics*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D013997:Time Factors; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures / Q000191:economics