Understanding the reimbursement process

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 36-56

  Rapsilber, Lynn M ^a   Anderson, Elizabeth H ^b  

^a MidState Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; FEE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

DISEASE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEE SCHEDULES; HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING RECORDS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034181632     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20006205-200025050-00004     Document Type: Article

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