A comparison of medicare reimbursement and results for various imaging-guided breast biopsy techniques

The Medicare population makes up a large proportion of the patients who undergo evaluation and treatment of mammographically detected breast lesions. In the past, the standard approach for obtaining a histological specimen for definitive diagnosis has been wire localization followed by open surgical...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of surgery 1997-05, Vol.173 (5), p.395-398
Hauptverfasser:	Howisey, Robert L, Acheson, Marita B., Rowbotham, Ronald K., Morgan, Alan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abnormalities Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences Biopsy Biopsy - economics Biopsy - methods Breast Breast cancer Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis Breast Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Breast Neoplasms - economics Cost control Diagnosis Diagnostic Imaging - economics General aspects Government programs Health systems. Social services Humans Lesions Localization Medical imaging Medical sciences Medicare Medicare - economics Middle Aged Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Reimbursement Ultrasonic imaging Ultrasonography Ultrasound United States
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