Imaging utilization in the era of the hospitalist

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 2-7

  Khasgiwala, Vaibhav C ^a   Aronson, Mark D ^a   Davis, Roger B ^a   Rosen, Max P ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; Health care costs; Hospitalist; Imaging resources; Radiology practice; Radiology utilization; Research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL STAFF; METABOLIC DISORDER; MONEY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SHOCK; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; AGED; COST; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AGED; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION;

EID: 33747132674     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.0664     Document Type: Article

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