The Clinical and Health Economic Value of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics.
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: The ultimate goal of diagnostic testing is to guide disease management in order to improve patient outcomes and patient well-being. Patient populations are rarely homogenous and accurate diagnostic tests can dissect the patient population and identify those patients with similar symptoms but very different underlying pathophysiology that will respond differently to different treatments. This stratification of patients can direct patients to appropriate treatment and is likely to result in clinical benefits for patients and economic benefits for the healthcare system. In this article we look at the clinical and economic benefits afforded by clinical laboratory diagnostics in three disease areas that represent substantial clinical and healthcare burdens to society; heart failure, Alzheimer's disease and asthma.
Source: PubMed Central
Authors: Bruce Jordan, Cheryl Mitchell, Andy Anderson, Norbert Farkas, Richard Batrla
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2558140961