[A consideration for the situation of the commercial laboratories and their connection with the medical administration in Japan].
The commercial laboratories in Japan have been serving all physicians to be able to use all laboratory tests even if they are newly developed. Though the commercial laboratories have functioned very well for clinically, for economically they have made a great margin between the official price which is decided by medical insurance and the business price which is dealt with hospitals. The margin and the margin from drugs have caused excess clinical testing and drug prescription, subsequent increase of total medical cost in Japan. We are going to revise our medical insurance system to improve various inconvenience in the present and future status. For the Japan Registered Clinical Laboratories Association which is the representative of the commercial laboratories, it's a time to cooperate with the other clinical laboratory tests-related organizations (ex. Japan Association of Medical Technologists, Japan Association of Clinical Laboratory Physicians, etc.) and to built new acceptable circumstances of the clinical testing corresponding to medical administration.
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D007564:Japan; D007753:Laboratories / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*