Orthopedic specialty hospitals: Centers of excellence or greed machines?

Orthopedics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Badlani, Neil ^a   Boden, Scott ^b   Phillips, Frank ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL FINANCE; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICARE; ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALTY HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REIMBURSEMENT;

HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; ORTHOPEDICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858633723     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20120222-31     Document Type: Article

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