Diagnostic imaging costs: Are they driving up the costs of hospital care?

Radiology

Volumn 235, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 934-939

  Beinfeld, Molly T ^a   Gazelle, G Scott ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED STATES;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 18844403648     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2353040473     Document Type: Article

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