Radiology groups' workload in relative value units and factors affecting it

Radiology

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 815-822

  Sunshine, Jonathan H ^a   Burkhardt, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiology and radiologist, socioeconomic issues; Radiology and radiologists

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; REIMBURSEMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0034008210     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.214.3.r00mr50815     Document Type: Article

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