- Title
- Physician charges for surgical services under Medicare, by medical specialty: 1980 and 1985.
- First Author
- Fisher, Charles R
- Date of Pub
- 1988 Summer
- Pages
- 127-132
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 4
- Other Authors
- N/A
- Abstract
- Since 1980, a number of Medicare practice and utilization patterns have changed as a result of payment reform, certification of new types of providers, and changes in technology. The shift in physician surgical charges by specialty and by setting is examined in this article.
- Abstract Continued
- N/A
- MeSH
- Ambulatory Surgical Procedures/economics : Comparative Study : Data Collection : Health Expenditures/trends : Insurance, Health/utilization : Insurance, Surgical/utilization : Medicare/utilization : Specialties, Surgical/economics : Statistics : United States
- NTIS Number
- PB89-100663
