The dermatologist and managed care.
Because of the economic concerns of the managed care industry, a study was undertaken to demonstrate the economical treatment of cutaneous tumors by dermatologic specialists. The biopsy reports of 300 consecutive tumors were obtained from a suburban medical center pathology department. The diagnostic accuracy and place of treatment of dermatologists and nondermatologists who treated these tumors were compared. This comparison demonstrates a substantial cost saving to third-party carriers, with clear superiority by dermatologists in dealing with this problem.
Brodkin
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RH
Department of Medicine, St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey, USA.
Rickert
R
R
Machler
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BC
D017046:Cost Savings; D003880:Dermatology / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D014481:United States