Office lab equipment. Aids in selection and cost analysis.
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.
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