title: When is a "new" patient "not new"?
authors.affiliation: Kathleen D. Schaum & Associates, Inc, Lake Worth, FL, USA. kathleendschaum@bellsouth.net
authors.forename: Kathleen D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Schaum
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000191:economics; D002908:Chronic Disease; D059019:Clinical Coding / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000191:economics*; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D014481:United States