Pathologists in New Jersey--an endangered species.
Pathologists in New Jersey are compensated in accordance with the rate established by the state's rate review commissions. The author of this article, while granting that the theory is a worthy one, explains that in practice the reimbursement procedure is causing the decline of the quality of health care in New Jersey.
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