title: [Economic impact of external laboratory test].
abstract: The realities of the spread and the aim of the introduction, and an economical influence of an external laboratory tests were researched. As a result, 90% or more the ratio to have consigned the external whole became clear. But it is preferable to correspond about inspection item of about 70% in own facilities because of the characteristic of the medical institution and the inspection item. Moreover, when correct the unbridgeable gulf of characteristic of the realities of spread of present external laboratory tests inspection and the ranging of ideal external laboratory tests inspection that specialist thinks about, the needed medical payment was thought that the investment of about 50 billion yen a year was necessary to expand the inspection in own facilities, by calculated based on the stochastic model.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Advanced Techno-Surgery Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering & Science, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo.
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takura
mesh_terms: D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D020416:Outsourced Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000191:economics