Ownership or Leasing of CT Scanners by Nonradiologist Physicians: A Rapidly Growing Trend That Raises Concern About Self-Referral

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1206-1209

  Levin, David C ^a,b   Rao, Vijay M ^a   Parker, Laurence ^a   Frangos, Andrea J ^a   Sunshine, Jonathan H ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HealthHelp Inc   (United States)

^c AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; medical economics; radiologists; radiology; self referral; socioeconomic issues; utilization of imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; LEASING; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RADIOLOGIST;

EID: 56549092493     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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