Physicians Show Willingness To Consider Cost When Choosing Devices
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Surgeons need better tools and more incentives to help them pay more attention to cost as they choose the devices they use, according to speakers at a recent conference on value-based purchasing
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