Surgeon dependent variation in adenotonsillectomy costs in children

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 887-892

  Meier, Jeremy D ^a   Duval, Melanie ^a   Wilkes, Jacob ^a   Andrews, Seth ^b   Korgenski, E Kent ^a   Park, Albert H ^a   Srivastava, Rajendu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

surgeon variation; tonsillectomy costs

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL FEE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; OTOLARYNGOLOGIST; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC SURGEON; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RECOVERY ROOM;

SURGEON VARIATION; TONSILLECTOMY COSTS;

ADENOIDECTOMY; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TONSILLECTOMY; UTAH;

EID: 84899890968     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599814522758     Document Type: Article

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