# The Scalpel, the Syringe, and the Dental Chair: Auditing Burbank’s $267 Million Medical, Cosmetic Surgery, and Dentistry Economy

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Forensic investigative audit of Burbank's healthcare and elective medical economy: analyzing 579 establishments from City of Burbank GIS registries ($267.3M reported sales, 3,114 healthcare workers), 134 dental clinics and prosthetic labs, cash-pay cosmetic and plastic surgery centers, certified IRS Form 990 filings for Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center ($303.0M hospital parcel, Karl Keeler CEO, $1.16M compensation), and systematically contrasting local revenue, overhead, and procedure pricing against national ADA, ASPS, and AmSpa benchmarks.

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