[zaroth]

Is that 1,000 patients enrolled each being tested daily? That is a heck of a lot of testing!

Obviously depends on the patient population (in/out patient) but IMO a huge component of the cost is pushed off on patients having to spend a day getting to the study facility to give blood and urine versus dropping it at a local lab.

Then again, if Theranos tells us anything about variability of lab results, you certainly have to take every precaution to protect the integrity of your data.