The relative value of provider work for maxillofacial prosthetic services

Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 294-301

  Cowper, Thomas R ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAXILLOFACIAL PROSTHESIS; MEDICARE; NOMENCLATURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MAXILLOFACIAL PROSTHESIS; MEDICARE; PALATAL OBTURATORS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RELATIVE VALUE SCALES; TERMINOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES;

EID: 0030095893     PISSN: 00223913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3913(96)90488-6     Document Type: Article

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