Surgeon ownership in medical device distribution: does it actually reduce healthcare costs?
This study demonstrates that SDs are capable of providing substantial healthcare savings through lower implant costs and reduced annual price escalations.
In the patient group regional AChE activities had inverse correlations with Word learning and MMSE (Mini-Mental State Examination) scores. In the group of cognitively deteriorated MS patients no change in cerebral AChE activity, compared with controls, was observed, but within the patient group more pronounced cognitive symptoms were associated with higher cerebral AChE activity.