Frequency and Costs of Diagnostic Imaging in Office Practice — A Comparison of Self-Referring and Radiologist-Referring Physicians

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 323, Issue 23, 1990, Pages 1604-1608

  Hillman, Bruce J ^a   Joseph, Catherine A ^b   Mabry, Michael R ^c   Sunshine, Jonathan H ^c   Kennedy, Stephen D ^b   Noether, Monica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMBULATORY CARE; BLADDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEES, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 0025242058     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199012063232306     Document Type: Article

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