Elusive "Doc Fix": Groundhog Day 2015 for sustainable growth rate (SGR).
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In summary, the SGR continues to hang like Damocles sword over physicians. To understand health care needs, we need to separate basic health care needs from economic mandates, and health insurance from health care coverage. The SGR flux represents another meaningful uncertainty to this health care conundrum.
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- Pain physician
دوره 18 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015