The Medicare supplementary medical insurance (SMI) program helps pay for covered hospital outpatient services for the diagnosis or treatment of an illness or injury. Major hospital outpatient services covered by SMI include services in an emergency room or outpatient clinic, including ambulatory surgical procedures, laboratory tests billed by the hospital, mental health care in a hospital outpa...

Objective Many facial plastic surgery procedures can be performed in an office-based setting, ranging from simple chemical peels to reconstructive surgeries assist with scar revision. The aim of this review is summarize the current state plastics in-office surgical procedures, including revision, dermabrasion, lasers, and peels. Methods A literature was conducted PubMed search engine following ...

Objective: To calculate the cost of angina pectoris to the UK National Health Service (NHS) in the year 2000. Methods: Calculation of the cost of hospital admissions, revascularisation procedures, hospital outpatient consultations, general practice (GP) consultations, and prescribed drug treatment. Results: 634 000 individuals (1.1% of the UK population) consulted GPs 2.35 million times, costin...