<p>Another reason for a lot of tests is CYA because of the malpractice situation. As noted earlier, the only tests a doc benefits from is those where the practice owns the equipment and bills for the test too. We do a whole lot of tests that doesn’t fit this description in the US. When we compare costs with western European countries, the one factor that is not usually mentioned is that docs there don’t have to order a battery of tests or risk lawsuits like they do here.</p>