Medicare fee cuts and cardiologist-hospital integration

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1229-1231

  Song, Zirui ^a   Wallace, Jacob ^b   Neprash, Hannah T ^b   McKellar, Michael R ^b   Chernew, Michael E ^b   McWilliams, J Michael ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COST CONTROL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE ELIGIBILITY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMBULATORY CARE; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CORONARY CARE UNIT; ECONOMICS; FEE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937469258     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.2017     Document Type: Letter

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