Radiologist workloads in teaching hospital departments: Measuring the workload

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-20

  Pitman, A G ^a,b,d   Jones, D N ^c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Radiologist workload; Radiology workforce; Relative value unit

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; AUSTRALIA; CONSULTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRAINING; WORKLOAD;

AUSTRALIA; BENCHMARKING; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; RADIOLOGY; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RELATIVE VALUE SCALES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33645960982     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2005.01524.x     Document Type: Review

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