Apr 26, 2010 | Laboratory Management and Operations, Laboratory Pathology
Older, sicker patients require more medical laboratory tests to monitor chronic conditions Like much of the developed world, Australia faces a rising demand for health services, including pathology and clinical laboratory testing. Pressure on the government to reduce health costs is intense, and that nation’s health officials are wrestling with how to rein in the soaring cost of pathology tests. Pathologists, health policy wonks, and government health officials all recognize that, in...