Applicability of American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria in a General Internal Medicine Clinic

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-11

  Martin, Tracy A ^a   Quiroz, Francisco A ^a   Rand, Scott D ^a   Kahn Jr , Charles E ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032966411     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.173.1.10397090     Document Type: Article

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