IMRT may be used to excess because of its higher reimbursement from medicare

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-3

  Paliwal, Bhudatt R ^a   Brezovich, Ivan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH INSURANCE;

CALIBRATION; CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COST CONTROL; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICARE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642536347     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1630968     Document Type: Review

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