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Analysis of the American Medical Laboratories Industry.


FARMINGTON, Conn. -- The Infoshop (http://www.the-infoshop.com/ee/53041) has announced the addition of the latest MarketData Enterprises, Inc. product The U.S. Medical Laboratories Industry to its online catalog Similar to an online library or databases in the information storage respect, ‘’’online catalogs’’’ allow potential customers to browse a company’s items for sale from a different location using the internet. .

This study is a comprehensive analysis of the fragmented but sizeable $47 billion U.S. clinical lab testing business. The industry is poised for moderate growth to 2012, as the U.S. population ages and new tests are developed. Higher margin esoteric and anatomic pathology tests are pacing growth and the large chains have made a string of acquisitions in this space, to "buy" growth. International expansion could be the next growth frontier.

The study examines, in detail, the major test segments: PAP tests Pap test, Pap smear, or Papanicolaou test (păp'ənē`kəlou), medical procedure used to detect cancer of the uterine cervix. , workplace drug screening, and esoteric tests esoteric test Lab medicine The analysis of 'rare' substances or molecules that are not performed in a routine clinical lab. See DORA. . An entire chapter is devoted to the high-growth $5 billion "esoteric" or reference test market-its size, growth, nature, profiles of all key competitors, with revenue rankings.

Complete analysis of independent commercial labs, hospital labs, and physician office labs-how they differ and compete, discussion of major industry trends and demand factors, extensive national/state operating ratios/latest Census and CLIA CLIA Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 Congressional legislation that promulgated quality assurance practices in clinical labs, and required them to measure performance at each step of the testing process from the beginning to the end-point of a  data. Analysis of industry receipts from 1980-2005 actual, 2006-2007 performance and outlook, 2012 5-year forecasts, lab staff salaries and vacancy rates, insurance industry testing, latest trade journal survey findings. Estimates and opinions of multiple brokerage firms. Competitor profiles for: Quest Diagnostics Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX) is a United States corporation which provides clinical laboratory services . The company also has a business presence in England and Mexico.

Quest Diagnostics is a member of the Fortune 500 and the S&P 500.
, Lab Corp. of America Holdings, Bio-Reference Labs, American Esoteric Labs, Ameripath, ARUP, Genzyme, Medtox Scientific, Clinical Pathology clinical pathology
n.
1. The practice of pathology as it pertains to the care of patients.

2. The subspecialty in pathology concerned with the theoretical and technical aspects of laboratory technology that pertain to the
 Labs, Mayo Medical Labs, Spectrum Lab Network, Sonora Quest Labs, and more. Contains reference directory of industry sources, list of 48 NIDA-certified drug test labs.

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