Cost containment and diffusion of MRI: Oil and water? Japanese experience

European Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 5, 1997, Pages

  Korogi, Y ^a   Takahashi, M ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cost containment; Costs; MR imagers; MRI

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; JAPAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COST CONTROL; HUMANS; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142607292     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00006904     Document Type: Article

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