%0 Journal Article
%T Demand management and optimization of clinical laboratory services in a tertiary referral center in Saudi Arabia
%A Martin Heppenheimer
%A Maysoon Mutabagani
%A Sahar Isa Althawadi
%A Thomas F. Morris
%A Tracy Louise Ellison
%J Archive of "Annals of Saudi Medicine".
%D 2018
%R 10.5144/0256-4947.2018.299
%X Demand for clinical laboratory services in our institution has increased by 7% each year in the past 5 years, while the amount budgeted for services has remained fixed. To address the issue, we conducted a pilot study to curb inappropriate demand by implementing a minimum retest interval (time-based restrictions on the ordering certain tests) and thus reduce costs
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6086671/