==================================HSR15================================== 15. All articles and books which discuss hospital bill audits as a means of containing health care costs. These are usually conducted by third party payers or their agents (insurers). Often conducted in conjunction with utilization review programs. 1 UI - 87032909 AU - McCue MJ ; Furst RW TI - Financial characteristics of hospitals purchased by investor-owned chains. AB - This article focuses on the preacquisition financial condition of not-for-profit hospitals acquired by investor-owned hospital chains. Financial ratios are used to determine if not-for-profit hospitals acquired by investor-owned hospital systems have common financial characteristics which make them a likely target for a takeover. The results indicate that during the time period studied, investor-owned hospital systems did tend to purchase hospitals with common financial characteristics and that these characteristics provide a reasonable description of a financially distressed hospital. This finding has important consequences for our health care delivery system. MH - Comparative Study ; *Economics, Hospital ; Financial Audit ; *Financial Management ; *Financial Management, Hospital ; Health Facility Merger ; *Hospitals ; *Hospitals, Proprietary ; Hospitals, Voluntary/*ECONOMICS ; Models, Theoretical ; Statistics ; United States SO - Health Serv Res 1986 Oct;21(4):515-27 2 UI - 86300256 AU - Huckleberry SD TI - Antibiotic cost-containment. AB - A multidisciplinary, professional, and administrative approach to selecting therapeutic agents for formulary inclusion--as it is practiced at the Tuskegee Veterans Administration Medical Center--is described. The process by which members of a Drug Utilization Review Subcommittee evaluate drugs is explained in detail. Numerous factors, such as patient population characteristics, total therapy costs, adverse reactions, indications, dosage, and efficacy are considered. Findings, decisions, and economic cost-savings, specifically with respect to antibiotics, are revealed. MH - Aged ; Antibiotics/*THERAPEUTIC USE ; Cost Control/METHODS ; Cross Infection/DRUG THERAPY/*ECONOMICS ; Drug Combinations ; Drug Utilization/ ECONOMICS ; Formularies, Hospital ; Human ; Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee ; *Utilization Review/METHODS SO - Drug Intell Clin Pharm 1986 Jul-Aug;20(7-8):589-91 3 UI - 86246224 AU - Moskowitz MA TI - Evaluating doctors' office testing patterns. AB - This article explores the factors that contribute to variability in the test ordering patterns of physicians and reviews the attempts that have been made to reduce unnecessary laboratory testing. Identifying problematic areas in the doctor's office can help to ensure that new technologies will be used appropriately and that quality care can be delivered without wasting health-care dollars. MH - Cost Control ; Diagnosis, Laboratory/ECONOMICS/*UTILIZATION ; *Physicians ; United States ; Utilization Review SO - Clin Lab Med 1986 Jun;6(2):387-94