The impact of the medicare sustainable growth rate formula on reconstructive plastic surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Patel, Anup ^a   Clune, James E ^a   Forte, Antonio ^a   Chang, Christopher C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEE; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PLASTIC SURGERY; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; FEE SCHEDULES; HUMANS; MEDICARE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; SURGERY, PLASTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650134115     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181ef952b     Document Type: Letter

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