Clinical services in interventional radiology: Results from the national Medicare database and a society of interventional radiology membership survey

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-81

  Duszak Jr , Richard ^a   Mabry, Michael R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REIMBURSEMENT;

EID: 0037246486     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.RVI.0000052294.26939.de     Document Type: Article

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