title: What private-practice doctors can do to contain costs. Steps you can take to preserve a free market.
abstract: Not all of the costs of private practice, particularly those related to government regulation, are within your control. However, there are steps, both large and small, that you can take to get fees under control and to eliminate or reduce expenditures. Dr Orient suggests a number of these.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Orient
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods*; D004465:Economic Competition; D005251:Fees, Medical; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000191:economics*; D011331:Private Practice / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States