Costs and Delivery of Health Services to Older Americans: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Health of the Elderly of the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, Ninetieth Congress, First [and Second] Session[s].U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967 - 846 pages |
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... physicians ' fees continued to rise at about the same rate as in 1966 , hospital daily room rates have continued to rise at a rapid rate , up 6.1 percent in the first quarter of 1967 . INCREASES IN PHYSICIANS ' FEES The available ...
... physicians ' fees continued to rise at about the same rate as in 1966 , hospital daily room rates have continued to rise at a rapid rate , up 6.1 percent in the first quarter of 1967 . INCREASES IN PHYSICIANS ' FEES The available ...
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... physician services by the elderly , the impact of medicare upon the total demand for physician services is likely to be on the order of 2 percent . In the past physicians ' fees have tended to increase faster when other prices in the ...
... physician services by the elderly , the impact of medicare upon the total demand for physician services is likely to be on the order of 2 percent . In the past physicians ' fees have tended to increase faster when other prices in the ...
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... physicians ' fees has not significantly affected the elderly . The coinsurance provisions of Medicare have blunted the impact of these price rises . " However , this conclusion relates to physicians ' customary charges - the fees the ...
... physicians ' fees has not significantly affected the elderly . The coinsurance provisions of Medicare have blunted the impact of these price rises . " However , this conclusion relates to physicians ' customary charges - the fees the ...
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... physicians to raise their fees . As Dr. Nolen points out , however , the Medicare carriers have the responsi- bility for reviewing the services of physicians to Medicare patients to insure that the fees of individual physicians do not ...
... physicians to raise their fees . As Dr. Nolen points out , however , the Medicare carriers have the responsi- bility for reviewing the services of physicians to Medicare patients to insure that the fees of individual physicians do not ...
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... physicians are available to supervise their functions at all times . The Public Health Service has been specifically involved in the devel- opment of training and teaching materials for the nurses working in intensive and coronary units ...
... physicians are available to supervise their functions at all times . The Public Health Service has been specifically involved in the devel- opment of training and teaching materials for the nurses working in intensive and coronary units ...
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