Can laparoscopic cholecystectomy be performed with a positive margin at medicaid reimbursement rates?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 218, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 546-551

  Frazee, Richard C ^a   Elliott, Victoria G ^a   Larsen, Wilma ^a   Lerner, Seth ^a   Minnis, Keith W ^a   Huber, Court ^a   Nolan, James ^a   Papaconstantinou, Harry ^a   Smythe, W Roy ^a  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA GAS MACHINE; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HUMANS; MEDICAID; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896491516     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.12.031     Document Type: Article

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