title: Laboratory instruments for the physician's office laboratory: technology and cost-benefits.
abstract: During the past two decades, medicine has witnessed the decentralization of laboratory testing from the hospital into the physician's office. This article focuses on the technical aspects of the instruments now available for laboratory testing in the physician's office. Consideration is given to specific instruments, methods, and cost-benefit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Pa.
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Hook
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Fernandes
mesh_terms: D001772:Blood Cell Count / Q000295:instrumentation; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006801:Humans; D007120:Immunochemistry / Q000295:instrumentation; D007753:Laboratories / Q000191:economics*; D011331:Private Practice