The emergency department: An appropriate referral rate for radiography

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 753-758

  Richards, P J ^a,b,c   Tins, B ^a,b   Cherian, R ^a,b   Rae, F ^a,b   Dharmarajah, R ^a,b   Phair, I C ^a,b   Mccall, I ^a,b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF NORTH MIDLANDS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency; Emergency department; First time attenders; Radiography appropriateness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036692911     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/crad.2002.0970     Document Type: Article

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