Estimating hourly anaesthetic and surgical reimbursement from private medical insurers' benefit maxima: Implications for pricing services and for incentives: Special aritcle

Anaesthesia

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 396-408

  Stubbs, D ^a   Ward, M E ^a   Pandit, J J ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART SURGERY; INCOME; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; REIMBURSEMENT; SURGEON;

ALGORITHMS; ANESTHESIOLOGY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; PRIVATE SECTOR; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 77949756206     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.06238.x     Document Type: Article

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