Inequity in the price of physician activity across surgical procedures

Health Policy

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 24-38

  Hayashida, Kenshi ^a   Imanaka, Yuichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Costs and cost analysis; Fee schedule; Physician fee; Pricing; Reimbursement mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; JAPAN; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; SURGEON;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEES AND CHARGES; HUMANS; JAPAN; PHYSICIANS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 23644446451     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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