The concept of reference laboratory is a recent phenomenon. Reference laboratories are private as well as commercial facilities that usually perform specialty and highvolume testing routinely. Physicians' offices, clinics, hospitals, government agencies, insurance companies, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology companies outsource most of their specialty tests to reference laboratories. Though mid- and large-sized hospitals perform most of the tests at their in-house laboratories but approach reference laboratories for specialized tests that usually require specialized equipment.

PART 01: Executive summary

Highlights

PART 02: Scope of the report

Top-vendor offerings

PART 03: Market research methodology

Research methodology

Economic indicators

PART 04: Introduction

Key market highlights

PART 05: Market landscape

Market overview

Market size and forecast

Five forces analysis

PART 06: Market segmentation by application

Clinical chemistry

Human and tumor genetics

Medical microbiology and cytology

Other esoteric tests

PART 07: Market segmentation by service provider

Market overview

PART 08: Market segmentation by end-user

Market overview

PART 09: Geographical segmentation

Clinical reference laboratory market in Americas

Clinical reference laboratory market in EMEA

Clinical reference laboratory market in APAC

PART 10: Market drivers

Increasing value-based outsourcing from hospitals

Application of advanced robotics technology in reference

laboratories

Cost and time savings for hospitals and clinics

PART 11: Impact of drivers

PART 12: Market challenges

Pricing pressures

Lack of trained professionals

Incorrect and illegible sample labeling

PART 13: Impact of drivers and challenges

PART 14: Market trends

The full integration of EMR and LIS enables a unified

patient record

The access to online test ordering and reporting

Focus on real-time and digitalized treatment

PART 15: Vendor landscape

Competitive scenario

Laboratory Corporation of America

Quest Diagnostics

Cinven

BioReference Laboratories

Other prominent vendors

PART 16: Appendix

List of abbreviations

PART 17: Explore Technavio