Medical economics: lab fees and the office visit.
Laboratory fees constitute a significantly greater part of the usual cost for an office visit than they do of the total hospital bill for inpatients. The author of this article shows how much greater, and how the laboratory share of the bill depends on where the testing is performed.
D005249:Fees and Charges; D006761:Hospitals; D007753:Laboratories / Q000191:economics*; D009515:New Jersey; D010067:Ownership; D011331:Private Practice