PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - G Gopal Rao
AU  - M Crook
AU  - M L Tillyer
TI  - Pathology tests: is the time for demand management ripe at last?
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.56.4.243
DP  - 2003 Apr 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 243--248
VI  - 56
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/56/4/243.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/56/4/243.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol2003 Apr 01; 56
AB  - With the ever increasing demands for pathology testing within the National Health Service there is a need to manage the demand for these tests. This review discusses strategies for the demand management of requests made by clinicians in the disciplines of biochemistry, haematology, and microbiology. The various approaches that have been used to manage demand will be described, along with specific clinical strategies for demand management.