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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-01-01
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Series: | Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition) |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2174204916302318 |