That would save patients the time needed to see their doctor and would ease the load of sick people descending on their physicians' offices, she said.

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The FDA said the fake Avastin was the first U.S. case involving a counterfeit version of a cancer drug meant to be administered in physicians' offices.

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Meanwhile, the Joint Commission--one of three regulators of office-surgery facilities in the U.S.--estimates that only 5% of the nearly 40, 000 physicians' offices where surgeries are performed have the necessary accreditation.

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Offices of physicians (except mental health specialists), which clock an average 10.4% margin, brought up the rear.

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As in many primary-care offices, the staff had two physicians and two nurse practitioners.

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The physicians went back to practicing out of their own offices.

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Physicians who see patients outside of hospital systems, such as those working in private offices, contribute disproportionately to the spread of antibiotic resistance because they are more likely to prescribe drugs unnecessarily, a first-of-its-kind nationwide study that looked at patterns of antibiotic use and drug-resistant infections has found.

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