Does surgical subspecialty care come with a higher price

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 407-408

  Snow, Brent W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; CHILD UROLOGY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROSURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLOROMYOTOMY; REVIEW; SURGEON;

CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEDIATRICS; SPECIALISM; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 20344398217     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mop.0000165362.05587.62     Document Type: Review

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