Improved outcomes and reduced costs associated with a health‐system–wide patient blood management program: a retrospective observational study in four major adult tertiary‐care hospitals

Patient blood management (PBM) programs are associated with improved patient outcomes, reduced transfusions and costs. In 2008, the Western Australia Department of Health initiated a comprehensive health‐system–wide PBM program. This study assesses program outcomes.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Transfusion

• Publication date

  2017-06-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1111/trf.14006PMID 28150313
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