Costs and benefits of diagnostic testing: four ways to improve patient care by purposive use of in vitro diagnostics

Carmen Binder; Maximilian Schmid; Thomas Dieterle; Hans Hendrik Schäfer

doi:10.4414/smw.2017.14546

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Costs and benefits of diagnostic testing: four ways to improve patient care by purposive use of in vitro diagnostics. Swiss Med Wkly [Internet]. 2017 Nov. 20 [cited 2026 Mar. 30];147(4748):w14546. Available from: https://smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/2419

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