title: Office lab equipment. Aids in selection and cost analysis.
abstract: Factors determining the setup of your office laboratory include your anticipated benefits, such as rapid turnaround time, ease of operation, accuracy, convenience to patients, and profit; the type and volume of tests done in your office; percentage of reimbursement received from third-party payers; office space currently available for a lab; additional training required for office personnel; and instrument selection. As a aid in determining cost analysis of necessary equipment, the author provides work sheets for evaluation of various brands of instruments, calculation of your break-even point following purchase of equipment, and revenue analysis.
mesh_terms: D002201:Capital Expenditures; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003657:Decision Making; D004467:Economics; D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000191:economics*; D007753:Laboratories / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States