PMID: 3767283Sep 1, 1986Paper

Effects of workload and analysis time on the cost of out-of-hours investigations

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry
I R GunnR B Payne

Abstract

In the UK, under present Whitley Council Regulations for payment for out-of-hours pathology services, there is a complex relationship between the number of requests received, the time taken to analyse each request, and the number of calls for which payment may be claimed for work done. At a fixed average analysis time, the rate of increase of remuneration slows down as workload increases until at higher workloads remuneration falls. The introduction of methods with a shorter average analysis time to improve the clinical service increases remuneration disproportionately. We suggest that a fixed sessional payment would be a better way of funding the service.

References

Jul 25, 1981·British Medical Journal·R M Young, R B Payne
Sep 1, 1982·Annals of Clinical Biochemistry·A D SmithH G Morgan

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Dec 1, 1989·Journal of Clinical Pathology·W D NeithercutR J Spooner
Sep 1, 1994·Journal of Clinical Pathology·K D Allen
Jun 13, 1987·British Medical Journal·P M Broughton
Jan 1, 1989·Annals of Clinical Biochemistry·E F Legg

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