[Benchmarking in pathological anatomy].

Palma P Dalla; K Chisté; M G Guarrera; G Gardini; M C Gelli; M Coccolini; E Egarter Vigl; F Girardi; C Vineis; F Casassa; P Gangemi; A Quaceci

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[Benchmarking in pathological anatomy].

Palma P Dalla·K Chisté·M G Guarrera·G Gardini·M C Gelli·M Coccolini·E Egarter Vigl·F Girardi·C Vineis·F Casassa·P Gangemi·A Quaceci

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Data from five different Institution of Pathological Anatomy Hospital Services are presented in order to show one (the benchmark) of the multiple existing ways to approach the budget problem and the macroeconomic management of our Services. The aim of this work is not to show the "best" way to work in terms of cost-efficacy but only a methods to compare our results with others. Nevertheless from this study is possible also to make some considerations about medical and technical workload in different services with different habits.

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Palma P Dalla, K Chisté, M G Guarrera, G Gardini, M C Gelli, M Coccolini, E Egarter Vigl, F Girardi, C Vineis, F Casassa, P Gangemi, A Quaceci. 2003. [Benchmarking in pathological anatomy].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12968306/

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