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It is generally recognized that POCT is more expensive on a unit cost basis than central laboratory testing. In the case of the Biosite D-dimer, the unit cost, including reagents, labor, quality control, and calibration, is approximately $23.92 per test. The VIDAS D-dimer cost is approximately $20.92 per test, including labor, supplies, and specimen processing.
Among the 2898 patients with a nonhigh or an unlikely clinical probability, 817 patients (28.2%) had a D-dimer level lower than 500 Âµg/L (95% CI, 26.6%-29.9%) and 337 patients (11.6%) had a D-dimer between 500 Âµg/L and their age-adjusted cutoff (95% CI, 10.5%-12.9%).