Do prices reflect the costs of cardiac surgery in the elderly?

Introduction and Objectives: Payment for cardiac surgery in Portugal is based on a contract agreement between hospitals and the health ministry. Our aim was to compare the prices paid according to this contract agreement with calculated costs in a population of patients aged ≥65 years undergoing car...

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Main Authors: Pedro Coelho, Vanessa Rodrigues, Luís Miranda, José Fragata, Pedro Pita Barros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2174204916302318