The use of radiological guidelines to achieve a sustained reduction in the number of radiographic examinations of the cervical spine, lumbar spine and knees performed for GPs

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 914-920

  Glaves, Jeff ^a  

^a CHESTERFIELD ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Knee; Radiography; Spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LUMBAR SPINE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ALGORITHMS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FAMILY PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 22544457884     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2005.02.013     Document Type: Article

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