Mohs micrographic surgery utilization in the medicare population, 2009

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1427-1434

  Donaldson, Matthew R ^a,b   Coldiron, Brett M ^c,d  

^a Mountain West Dermatology   (United States)

^b TriHealth   (United States)

^c Skin Cancer Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CHEMOSURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; MELANOMA; MOHS MICROGRAPHIC SURGERY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN FLAP; SKIN SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREND STUDY;

CARCINOMA IN SITU; EAR NEOPLASMS; EYELID NEOPLASMS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIP NEOPLASMS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MEDICARE; MELANOMA; MOHS SURGERY; NECK; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TORSO; UNITED STATES; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84866379797     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2012.02464.x     Document Type: Article

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