RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A pragmatist's approach to pathology costing: the Welsh Datatree project.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 650
OP 653
DO 10.1136/jcp.45.8.650
VO 45
IS 8
A1 Gozzard, D I
A1 Macaulay, M E
A1 Nuttall, D S
A1 Jones, E R
YR 1992
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/45/8/650.abstract
AB The Datatree costing project in Wales has provided the Welsh pathology laboratories with a standard costing package that allows pathologists to understand how their own laboratory's test costs are compiled. The software provides answers to the question "what if? ..." and shows instantly the effect of salary or consumable cost alterations. Resource management at a laboratory level is enhanced by a greater knowledge of costs, particularly in relation to volumes of work. Perhaps this is one of the stepping-stones across the river to the "open market." In the United Kingdom NHS any information of this kind must be regarded as invaluable.