Contribution of plastic surgery to a health care system: Our economic value to hospital profitability

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Theresa Y ^a   Nelson, Jonas A ^a   Corrigan, Diane ^a   Commack, Tracey ^a   Serletti, Joseph M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

COST OF ILLNESS; COST SAVINGS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHILADELPHIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RELATIVE VALUE SCALES; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 84655167172     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182362b36     Document Type: Article

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