title: Understanding volume: a Medicare primer.
abstract: Volume, rather than real fee increases, has been the driving force behind increasing physicians' costs throughout the 1970s and the 1980s, these researchers from the Health Care Financing Administration say. But where has it been growing?
authors: Health Care Financing Administration.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Langenbrunner
authors: T L
authors: TL
authors: Kay
mesh_terms: D004470:Economics, Medical; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007357:Insurance, Physician Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015442:Medicare Assignment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013038:Specialization; D014481:United States