Conventional radiography, rapid MR imaging, and conventional MR imaging for low back pain: Activity-based costs and reimbursement

Radiology

Volumn 227, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 669-680

  Gray, Darryl T ^a,b   Hollingworth, William ^a,b,c   Blackmore, C Craig ^a   Alotis, Michael A ^a   Martin, Brook I ^a,b   Sullivan, Sean D ^a,b   Deyo, Richard A ^a,b   Jarvik, Jeffrey G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness Economics; Medical Radiology and radiologists; MR; Radiography; Socioeconomic issues Spine; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TIME;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037950464     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2273012213     Document Type: Article

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