Radiographers and radiologists reporting plain radiograph requests from accident and emergency and general practice

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 710-717

  Brealey, S D ^a   King, D G ^b   Hahn, S ^a   Crowe, M ^c   Williams, P ^d   Rutter, P ^e   Crane, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Bakewell Medical Practice   (United Kingdom)

^e X ray Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Images; Interpretation; Sensitivity and specificity; Skill mix

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 22144447494     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2004.11.013     Document Type: Article

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