Cost of Clinical Chemistry Laboratory Tests

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Clinical chemistry tests are most frequently ordered by physicians and consequently, this branch of laboratory medicine incurs substantial operational costs. This study describes an analysis of factors affecting the cost of tests in a clinical chemistry laboratory in a major teaching hospital. Results indicate that increasing automation in clinical chemistry has been associated with an alteration in the mix of tests ordered, a reduction in real labor and capital costs per test, and an increase in real cost of consumables per test. Increased use of a relatively small number of highly automated tests has contributed to increases in use and cost.

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