Role of emergency medicine physicians in US performed in patients in the emergency department: How substantial is their participation?

Radiology

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 265-268

  Levin, David C ^a   Parker, Laurence ^a   Sunshine, Jonathan H ^b   Bushee, Gerald ^b   Merritt, Christopher R B ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b American College of Radiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics, medical; Emergency radiology; Radiology and radiologists, socioeconomic issues; Ultrasound (US), quality assurance; Ultrasound (US), utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 0033946051     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.216.1.r00jl28265     Document Type: Article

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