Utilization patterns of CT and MRI in Israel

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Volumn 142, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 810-814+880

  Luxenburg, Osnat ^a,b,c   Vaknin, Sharona ^a   Pollack, Gabriel ^a   Siebzehner, Miriam ^a,b   Shemer, Joshua ^a,c  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Certificate of Need (CON); CT; Imaging; MRI; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0346328667     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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