Effect of Center of Excellence requirement by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on practice trends

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 437-440

  Keto, Jessica L ^a   Kemmeter, Paul R ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Centers of Excellence; Medicare; Roux en Y gastric bypass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REIMBURSEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43649095906     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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