Defining and measuring the "Value" of diagnostic imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-9

  Fitzpatrick, Mary ^a   Goldberg, George ^b   Hirsch, Robert ^c   Hunink, Maria G M ^d   Markman, Maurie ^e   Modie, Michael T ^e   Obuchowski, Nancy ^e   Plent, Stephanie ^f   Sostman, H Dirk ^g  

^a MR Facilities   (United States)

^b Value Health Services   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f AETNA   (United States)

^g WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Diagnostic accuracy; Patient outcomes; Physician outcomes; Societal outcomes

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REVIEW;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 1842406856     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880060104     Document Type: Article

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