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Lab Tests Online is a useful web-based reference.
Epidemiology:
- price transparency of inpatient laboratory costs had no effect on physician ordering patterns* [1]
- ordering of unnecessary inpatient laboratory tests is often done due to a belief that the attending physician would be uncomfortable with less testing [2,3]
* lack of information about patients' actual out-of-pocket costs, if any [1]
Notes:
- WHO publishes list of essential diagnostic tests to improve timely detection and treatment of common conditions [4]
Specific
antigen in specimen/tissue
bioassay
blood banking test (transfusion medicine test)
breath test
chemotherapy sensitivity & resistance assay
chromogenic substrate assay
clinical chemistry test
clinical hematology test
clinical microbiology test
cytogenetics
cytology
direct-to-consumer laboratory testing
DNA (genetic) testing
laboratory panel
laboratory testing of control specimen
laboratory testing of donor specimen
laboratory testing of fetal specimen
laboratory testing of relative's specimen
microscopy
molecular diagnostic test
phenotyping
point of care test
pregnancy test
radioassay
RNA testing
serology
tissue examination
urinalysis (UA)
X-ray diffraction (X-ray crystallography)
General
diagnostic procedure
clinical laboratory procedure
References
- Sedrak MS, Myers JS, Small DS et al.
Effect of a price transparency intervention in the electronic
health record on clinician ordering of inpatient laboratory
tests: The PRICE randomized clinical trial.
JAMA Intern Med 2017 Apr 21;
PMID: 28430829
http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2619519
- Sinaiko AD, Chien AT.
Achieving the promise of price transparency.
JAMA Intern Med 2017 Apr 21;
PMID: 28430828
http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2619518
- Roman BR, Yang A, Masciale J, Korenstein D.
Association of attitudes regarding overuse of inpatient
laboratory testing with health care provider type.
JAMA Intern Med 2017 Jun 12;
PMID: 28604920
- Sedrak MS, Patel MS, Ziemba JB et al
Residents' self-report on why they order perceived unnecessary
inpatient laboratory tests.
J. Hosp. Med. 2016 December;11(12):869-872
PMID: 27520384
http://www.journalofhospitalmedicine.com/jhospmed/article/128271/why-residents-order-unnecessary-inpatient-laboratory-tests
- World Health Organization (WHO)
First-ever WHO list of essential diagnostic tests to improve
diagnosis and treatment outcomes.
WHO News Release. May 15, 2018. Geneva
http://www.who.int/news-room/detail/15-05-2018-first-ever-who-list-of-essential-diagnostic-tests-to-improve-diagnosis-and-treatment-outcomes
- Second WHO Model List of Essential In Vitro Diagnostics.
https://www.who.int/medical_devices/publications/Standalone_document_v8.pdf
- Lab Tests Online
http://www.labtestsonline.org/