Why are there differences in the perceived safety of office-based surgery?

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1377-1379

  Hancox, John G ^a   Venkat, Arun P ^a   Hill, Alicia ^a   Graham, Gloria F ^a   Williford, Phillip M ^a   Coldiron, Brett ^b   Feldman, Steven R ^a   Balkrishnan, Rajesh ^a,c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Skin Cancer Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ESTHETIC SURGERY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LAW; LIPOSUCTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SKIN CANCER; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; SAFETY; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 9244253218     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2004.30432.x     Document Type: Article

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