A Multi-institutional Analysis of Insurance Status as a Predictor of Morbidity Following Breast Reconstruction

Background: Although recent literature suggests that patients with Medicaid and Medicare are more likely than those with private insurance to experience complications following a variety of procedures, there has been limited evaluation of insurance-based disparities in reconstructive surgery outcome...

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Main Authors: Brittany L. Vieira, BS, Steven T. Lanier, MD, Alexei S. Mlodinow, BA, Kevin P. Bethke, MD, Robert X. Murphy, Jr, MD, MS, Keith M. Hume, MA, Karol A. Gutowski, MD, Neil A. Fine, MD, John Y. S. Kim, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2014-11-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/Fulltext/2014/11000/Article.3.aspx