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- Title
Out-of-Network Laboratory Test Spending, Utilization, and Prices in the US.
- Authors
Song, Zirui; Lillehaugen, Timothy; Wallace, Jacob
- Abstract
In the context of concerns about the appropriateness and costs to insurers and patients of laboratory testing, this study uses data from the IBM MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters Database to examine out-of-network laboratory test spending, utilization, and prices in the US in 2008-2016.
- Subjects
UNITED States; DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH insurance costs; MEDICAL care use; MEDICAL care costs; DATABASES; HEALTH insurance claims; MEDICAL care cost statistics; LABORATORIES; HEALTH insurance; RESEARCH funding; ROUTINE diagnostic tests
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2021, Vol 325, Issue 16, p1674
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2021.0720