Table 2.
Most frequently ordered add-on test categories by ordering location
| Inpatient Unit | Emergency Department | Outpatient Clinics | All Locations | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test Category | % | Rank | % | Rank | % | Rank | % | Rank |
| LFP | 28.79 % | 1 | 29.86 % | 1 | 16.91 % | 1 | 26.76 % | 1 |
| BMP | 12.00 % | 2 | 10.14 % | 2 | 15.12 % | 2 | 12.30 % | 2 |
| MGPO4 | 7.41 % | 4 | 4.02 % | 4 | 2.87 % | 5 | 6.08 % | 3 |
| GASES | 8.41 % | 3 | 2.51 % | 9 | 0.10 % | 19 | 6.01 % | 4 |
| ENDO | 3.30 % | 6 | 3.09 % | 6 | 8.81 % | 3 | 4.28 % | 5 |
| CARDIAC | 4.19 % | 5 | 7.25 % | 3 | 2.09% | 7 | 4.25 % | 6 |
| ANEMIA | 2.66 % | 7 | 0.78 % | 18 | 6.67 % | 4 | 3.12 % | 7 |
| DIFF | 2.40 % | 8 | 1.73 % | 15 | 1.78 % | 9 | 2.19 % | 8 |
| CBC | 2.24 % | 9 | 1.83 % | 14 | 2.00 % | 8 | 2.14 % | 9 |
| PT/INR | 1.43 % | 12 | 3.57 % | 5 | 0.88 % | 13 | 1.65 % | 10 |
| LIPASE | 1.49 % | 11 | 3.01 % | 8 | 0.77 % | 15 | 1.58 % | 11 |
| A1C | 1.33 % | 14 | 0.95 % | 17 | 2.52 % | 6 | 1.49 % | 12 |
| CRP | 1.29 % | 15 | 2.22 % | 10 | 1.39 % | 11 | 1.45 % | 13 |
| LDH | 1.50 % | 10 | 0.64 % | 19 | 1.43 % | 10 | 1.36 % | 14 |
| AMYLASE | 1.37 % | 13 | 2.02 % | 12 | 0.68 % | 16 | 1.34 % | 15 |
| PTT | 0.97 % | 16 | 3.03 % | 7 | 0.19 % | 17 | 1.13 % | 16 |
| ESR | 0.61 % | 18 | 2.00 % | 13 | 0.78 % | 13 | 0.85 % | 17 |
| BILD | 0.94 % | 17 | 0.59 % | 20 | 0.92 % | 12 | 0.85 % | 18 |
| D-DIMER | 0.24 % | 19 | 2.07 % | 11 | 0.11 % | 18 | 0.48 % | 19 |
| TAP | 0.16 % | 20 | 1.61 % | 16 | 0.03 % | 20 | 0.35 % | 20 |
| Total | 82.7 % | 82.9 % | 66.1 % | 79.7 % | ||||