The need for cardiac surgery differential tariffs in Israel at the era of aging population and emerging technology: Importance of procedure type and patient complexity as assessed by EuroSCORE

• Main Authors: J. Mendlovic (Author), O. Merin (Author), D. Fink (Author), R. Tauber (Author), E. Jacobzon (Author), S. Tager (Author), F. B. Mimouni (Author), S. Silberman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Reimbursement for cardiac surgical procedures in Israel is uniform and does not account for diversity in costs of various procedures or for diversity in patient mix. In an era of new and costly technology coupled with higher risk patients needing more complex surgery, these tarif...