Variations in medicare reimbursements among surgical oncologists who are US versus international medical graduates
IMGs provided more procedural services, cared for patients with a higher average risk score, and performed a greater variety of procedures compared with USMGs. Consequently, IMGs had higher mean annual charges, payment-per-service, and charge-per-service amounts.
Authors
- Md. Abdus Shahid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0192-3531)
- Mujtaba Khalil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8461-2677)
- Timothy Michael Pawlik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7994-9870)
- Muhammad Muntazir Mehdi Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7196-2328)
- Zayed Rashid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0500-8325)
- Abdullah Altaf
- Sidharth Iyer
- Razeen Thamachack
Institutions
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (US)
- Aga Khan University Hospital (PK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal of Surgery
- Published
- 2024-12-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/wjs.12458
- Primary Topic
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00