Physician payment 2008 for interventionalists: Current state of health care policy

Pain Physician

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 607-626

  Machikanti, Laxmaiah ^a,b,e   Giordano, James ^c,d  

^a PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SAMUELI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Health policy; Interventional pain management; Medicare; Physician fee schedule; Physician payment policy; Regulatory reform; Sustained growth rate formula

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FRANCE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; KYPHOPLASTY; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAID; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLYSIS; PAIN; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REIMBURSEMENT; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35348943867     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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