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  • Author(s): Fischman, Josh
  • Source:
    U.S. News & World Report. 5/19/2003, Vol. 134 Issue 17, p55. 2p. 4 Color Photographs.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      MEDICAL laboratories; DIRECT selling; DIRECT marketing; HEALTH care industry; PHYSICIAN-patient relations
    • Abstract:
      Discusses reasons that people order health tests directly from a lab instead of going through a physician. Success of the direct medical testing industry; Idea that the service can create a false sense of security; Services offered by HealthcheckUSA and QuesTest; Tests that can be ordered without a visit to the doctor; Argument against a cancer test called CA-125 and the free T3 thyroid test; Issue of whether a patient can understand specific results.