title: Careful management keeps general surgery costs low.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Patterson
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000191:economics; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods*; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D007857:Leadership; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000191:economics; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics; D006278:Medicare; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States