title: Physician charges and utilization trends.
abstract: A synopsis of charge and payment trends of Medicare physicians and other noninstitutional suppliers of goods and services is provided in this article. Included are longitudinal variations in charges for services, trends in program expenditures, and patterns in beneficiary liabilities.
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D005251:Fees, Medical / Q000639:trends; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015442:Medicare Assignment; D010820:Physicians / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States