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Table of Contents
Introduction
Executive Summary
Rationale for Testing Decentralization
1. Overview
2. Regulatory Trends
3. Economic Trends
4. Demographic Trends
5. Technological Trends
6. Social Trends
7. Quality of Care
8. Defensive Medicine
9. Quality Control Issues
Worldwide Market and Technology Overview
1. Overview
2. Test Methodologies
3. Amphetamines
4. Barbiturates
5. Benzodiazepines
6. Cannabinoids/Marijuana
7. Cocaine
8. Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)
9. Methadone
10. Methaqualone
11. Opiates
12. Phencyclidine
Worldwide Business Environment
U.S.A.
A. Market Overview
1. Business Environment
a. Health Care Expenditures
b. Cost Consciousness
c. Reimbursement
d. Industry Consolidation
e. Managed Care
PPO
HMO
f. Hospitals
g. Admissions
h. Length of Stay
i. Industry Diversification
j. Physician Demographics
k. Aging Population
More Chronic Illness
Disease Incidence
Susceptibility to latrogenesis
Multiple Illnesses Cases
l. Laboratory Regulations
2. Market Structure
a. Hospitals
b. Commercial/Private Laboratories
B. Physician Offices/Group Practices
1. Market Summary
2. Market Structure
3. Drugs of Abuse Test Volume and Sales Forecasts
C. Ancillary Hospital Locations
1. Introduction
2. Emergency Departments
a. Market Summary
b. Drugs of Abuse Test volume and Sales Forecasts
D. Ambulatory Care Centers
1. Introduction
2. Market Summary
3. Market Structure
4. Drugs of Abuse Test Volume and Sales Forecasts
c. Reimbursement
d. Industry Consolidation
e. Managed Care
PPO
HMO
f. Hospitals
g. Admissions
h. Length of Stay
i. Industry Diversification
j. Physician Demographics
k. Aging Population
More Chronic Illness
Disease Incidence
Susceptibility to latrogenesis
Multiple Illnesses Cases
l. Laboratory Regulations
2. Market Structure
a. Hospitals
b. Commercial/Private Laboratories
Design Criteria for Decentralized Testing Products
Alternative Market Penetration Strategies
A. Internal Development
B. Collaborative Arrangements
C. University Contracts
D. Distribution Strategies for Decentralized
Testing Markets
1. Marketing Approaches
2. Product complexity
3. Customer Preference
4. Established Suppliers
5. Emerging Suppliers
6. Major Types of Distributors
7. Market Segmentation
Potential Market Entry Barriers and Risks
A. Market Maturity
B. Cost Containment
C. Competition
D. Technological Edge and Limitations
E. Patent Protection
F. Regulatory Constraints
G. Decentralized Testing Market Challenges

List of Tables
Major Companies Developing or Marketing
Drugs of Abuse Tests
U.S.A., Physician Office/Group Practice
Laboratories Forecast by Practice Size
U.S.A., Physician Offices/Group Practices
Forecast by Type
U.S.A., Office-Based Physicians
Forecast by Practice Type
U.S.A., Physician Offices/Group Practices
Drugs of Abuse Test Volume Forecasts
U.S.A., Physician Offices/Group Practices
Drugs of Abuse Reagent and Instrument Sales Forecast
U.S.A., Ancillary Hospital Locations Estimated Number
U.S.A., Ancillary Hospital Locations Annual Utilization
U.S.A., Hospital Emergency Departments
Drugs of Abuse Test Volume Forecast
U.S.A., Hospital Emergency Departments
Drugs of Abuse Reagent and Instrument Sales Forecast
U.S.A., Ambulatory Care Centers Estimated
Number of Facilities and Patient Visits
U.S.A., Ambulatory Care Centers
Most Frequent Diagnoses
U.S.A., Ambulatory Care Centers
Drugs of Abuse Test Volume Forecast
U.S.A., Ambulatory Care Centers
Drugs of Abuse Reagent and Instrument Sales Forecast