An Assessment of the Utilization of Diagnostic Parasitology Laboratory Services in Ontario

Harold Richardson; Christine Fleming; Josephine Palmer; Erluo Chen; Robert Lannigan; The Microbiology Committee

doi:10.1155/1996/768923

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 1996)

An Assessment of the Utilization of Diagnostic Parasitology Laboratory Services in Ontario

Harold Richardson,
Christine Fleming,
Josephine Palmer,
Erluo Chen,
Robert Lannigan,
The Microbiology Committee

Affiliations

Harold Richardson: Laboratory Proficiency Testing Program and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Christine Fleming: Laboratory Proficiency Testing Program and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Josephine Palmer: Laboratory Proficiency Testing Program and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Erluo Chen: Laboratory Proficiency Testing Program and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Robert Lannigan: Laboratory Proficiency Testing Program and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Microbiology Committee: Laboratory Proficiency Testing Program and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1996/768923
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 4
pp. 237 – 242

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: Diagnostic parasitology services in Ontario were assessed to determine whether the reduction in the number of provider laboratories from 209 to 70 over the period 1977 to 1994 has affected the availability and quality of service.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1180-2332 (Print)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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