The value of your time: Evaluation of effects of changes in Medicare reimbursement rates on the practice of urology

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 1958-1962

  Lotan, Yair ^a   Cadeddu, Jeffrey A ^a   Roehrborn, Claus G ^a   Stage, Key H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics, medical; Prospective payment system, reimbursement mechanisms, medicare

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYSTOSCOPY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; REIMBURSEMENT; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UROLOGY;

EID: 5444237656     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000142016.51680.fa     Document Type: Article

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