Test volume data for 51 most commonly ordered laboratory tests in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Irene Ma,
Maggie Guo,
Cheryl K. Lau,
Zane Ramdas,
Rhonda Jackson,
Christopher Naugler
Affiliations
Irene Ma
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Maggie Guo
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Alberta Public Laboratories, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Cheryl K. Lau
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Alberta Public Laboratories, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Zane Ramdas
Alberta Public Laboratories, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Rhonda Jackson
Alberta Public Laboratories, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Christopher Naugler
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Alberta Public Laboratories, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Corresponding author. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Data presented in this article include the top 51 ordered laboratory tests in Calgary and surrounding area, Alberta, from January to December 2017. This data set was collected from Calgary Laboratory Service’s Laboratory Information System, and included top 51 tests ordered from community (n = 11, 224, 330), inpatient (n = 2,340,594) and emergency (n = 1,670,062) settings. Test order mnemonic that were not true laboratory tests (eg: “extra PST tube”, “extra tube”, etc.) were excluded in the analysis. The top test ordered in all 3 test encounters was the complete blood count test (community encounter, n = 921, 873; inpatient setting, n = 357, 375; and emergency setting, n = 276, 954). This data article was submitted as a companion paper to the related research article, “Estimated costs of 51 commonly ordered laboratory tests in Canada” [1]. Keywords: Laboratory medicine, Pathology informatics, Laboratory utilization management
