Review Article
Imaging-Assisted Large-Format Breast Pathology: Program Rationale and Development in a Nonprofit Health System in the United States
Table 9
Imaging-guided large-format breast pathology net incremental technical expense per case. $USD, 2005.
| | Lumpectomy/excision () | $USD |
| | Increased expense from large-format section | 38.22 | | Savings from reduction in conventional slides/case (mean reduction = 10 slides) | <32.20> | | Net expense increase per case | 6.02 |
| | Mastectomy () | |
| | Increased expense from large-format section | 38.22 | | Savings from reduction in conventional slides/case (mean reduction = 6.1 slides) | <19.64> | | Net expense increase per case | 18.58 |
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