Table 5.

Definition of Type of Practice

Type of Practice	Definition
Private practice	Practice in a private clinic. Reimbursement based either on self-pay by patients or by treatment of governmental patients under private care by governmental contract such as for breast reduction etc.
Cosmetic practice	Practice based on self-pay by patients. Cosmetic surgery only, including areas other than the breast.
University practice	Plastic surgery practice at a University Hospital.
Cosmetic breast surgery	Cosmetic surgery of the breast performed on self-pay patients.
Reconstructive breast surgery	Reconstructive surgery of congenital anomalies, traumatic defects, cancer-related defects of the breast.