title: The profit potential of hospital labs.
abstract: Up to 90 percent of American hospitals have some type of laboratory outreach program, performing a test here or there for affiliated doctors in a nearby clinic. But a few hospitals have found that a more aggressive outreach program, with a relatively modest investment, can turn a cost center into a reliable profit center.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Serb
mesh_terms: D003159:Community-Institutional Relations / Q000191:economics*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003954:Diagnostic Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D004465:Economic Competition; D005376:Financial Management / Q000379:methods*; D017721:Hospital Costs; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D018803:Models, Economic; D014481:United States