Availability of consumer prices from US hospitals for a common surgical procedure

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 427-432

  Rosenthal, Jaime A ^a,c   Lu, Xin ^a,b   Cram, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEES, MEDICAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RELATIVE VALUE SCALES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875777156     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.460     Document Type: Article

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