RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 OUT OF CONTROL JF Pediatrics JO Pediatrics FD American Academy of Pediatrics SP 552 OP 552 VO 83 IS 4 A1 Student, YR 1989 UL http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/83/4/552.abstract AB Outpatient visits to hospitals were up 7.1 percent earlier this year [1988]. The number of visits to doctors tests and diagnostic procedures have exploded . . . Any savings from controlling costs in hospitals has been more than wiped out by the growth in other types of care.