title: The complexity, relative value, and financial worth of curbside consultations in an academic infectious disease unit---Letter to the editor.
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D005791:Patient Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods*; D010820:Physicians; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*