title: "Resource-based" practice expense: how we got where we are today.
authors.affiliation: Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Washington, DC 20036-2422, USA.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Wilbur
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003361:Cost Allocation; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D005245:Fee Schedules / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D016345:Medicare Part B / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends*; D015895:Relative Value Scales; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States