Do interventional radiologists pose a significant threat to the practice of vascular surgery?

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1007-1011

  Levin, David C ^a   Parker, Laurence ^a   Eschelman, David J ^a   Sunshine, Jonathan ^b   Busheé, Gerald ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics, medical; Interventional procedures, utilization; Radiology and radiologists, socioeconomic issues

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SURGEON; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR SURGERY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0032886803     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-0443(99)70184-3     Document Type: Article

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