title: Lucrative operation: how some doctors turn a $90 profit from a $17 test; physician groups add markup to work done by others, despite ethics concerns; administrative costs cited.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Armstrong
mesh_terms: D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000191:economics* / Q000941:ethics; D005249:Fees and Charges; D005251:Fees, Medical / Q000941:ethics; D005607:Fraud; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D020416:Outsourced Services / Q000941:ethics; D018584:Physician Self-Referral / Q000941:ethics; D010820:Physicians / Q000191:economics* / Q000941:ethics; D028743:Professional Misconduct; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000191:economics* / Q000941:ethics; D014481:United States