Effect of physician ownership of specialty hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers on frequency of use of outpatient orthopedic surgery

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 732-738

  Mitchell, Jean M ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; ARTHROSCOPY; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; KNEE INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; ROTATOR CUFF; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TENDON INJURY; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ARTHROSCOPY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOSPITAL-PHYSICIAN JOINT VENTURES; HUMANS; IDAHO; KNEE INJURIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OWNERSHIP; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; ROTATOR CUFF; SURGICENTERS; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 77955647246     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.149     Document Type: Article

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