The financial impact of multidisciplinary cleft care: An analysis of hospital revenue to advance program development

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 615-622

  Deleyiannis, Frederic W B ^a,b   Tebockhorst, Seth ^a,b   Castro, Darren A ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFANT; PATIENT CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REIMBURSEMENT;

CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875028081     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31827c6ffb     Document Type: Review

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