Frequency of seborrheic keratosis biopsies in the United States: A benchmark of skin lesion care quality and cost effectiveness

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 796-801

  Duque, Maria I ^a   Jordan, J Ryan ^a   Fleischer Jr , Alan B ^a   Williford, Phillip M ^a   Feldman, Steven R ^a   Teuschler, Hoa ^b   Chen, G John ^a   Brodland, David ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Dermatology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EXCISION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

BENCHMARKING; BIOPSY; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DERMATOLOGY; HUMANS; KERATOSIS, SEBORRHEIC; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0043166809     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2003.29211.x     Document Type: Article

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