There is an opportunity cost with healthcare spend, including laboratory tests

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There is an opportunity cost with healthcare spend, including laboratory tests

Arlo Upton

Arlo Upton

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Laboratories can and do decline to perform tests that are not indicated, but this is time-consuming

With the current focus on demand management and the ever-present pressure on health costs, will cost-signalling by a transparent listing of test prices during test ordering be about to make a comeback? Regular From the Lab contributor Arlo Upton explains

Key points, The funded model of laboratory testing does not make prices transparent for referrers. At $138 per New Zealander per year, the laboratory-testing bu, Arlo Upton, Arlo Upton is a clinical microbiologist for Southern Community Laboratories in Dunedin