Evidence-based imaging guidelines and medicare payment policy

Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1006-1024

  Sistrom, Christopher L ^a   McKay, Niccie L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Evidence based medicine; Medicare payment policy; Neurological imaging; Radiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

CONNECTICUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FLORIDA; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICARE PART B; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43049131498     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00802.x     Document Type: Article

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