Surgeon dependent variation in adenotonsillectomy costs in children.

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Published in Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg on February 13, 2014

Authors

Jeremy D Meier1, Melanie Duval, Jacob Wilkes, Seth Andrews, E Kent Korgenski, Albert H Park, Rajendu Srivastava

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

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