The coming of Medicare--a turbulent time for pathology: Part 1.
Articles in the February and March issues chronicled the legislative history of Medicare (Title XVIII of the Social Security Act). Here, in the first of three parts, the author examines specifically Medicare as it relates to pathology, emphasizing the problems Medicare has created for pathology.
D003284:Contract Services / Q000191:economics; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000191:economics*; D007357:Insurance, Physician Services; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010337:Pathology Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics*