title: Credit card companies push plastic as way to boost revenue collections.
abstract: Credit cards are finally catching on as a way to pay for medical services, stimulated in part by the increasing tendency among providers to demand payment now rather than bill patients later.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Pallarito
mesh_terms: D005382:Financing, Personal / Q000639:trends*; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States