Medicare costs and surgeon supply in hospital service areas

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 474-477

  Ricketts, Thomas C ^a   Belsky, Daniel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857658336     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31822f2021     Document Type: Article

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