Trends in diagnostic imaging utilization in a university hospital in Turkey

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 532-536

  Semin, Semih ^a   Demiral, Yucel ^a   Dicle, Oguz ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; Hospital revenues; Utilization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; COST ACCOUNTING; DATA STRUCTURES; HOSPITALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; RADIOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING TESTS; HOSPITAL REVENUES; RADIOLOGICAL DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES; SOCIAL SECURITY STATUS;

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BONE DENSITOMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SOCIAL SECURITY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; X RAY ANALYSIS;

HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TURKEY;

EID: 33750328343     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: 14716348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462306051488     Document Type: Article

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