Recent Shifts in Place of Service for Noninvasive Diagnostic Imaging: Have Hospitals Missed an Opportunity?

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 96-99

  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

hospital finances; medical economics; Noninvasive diagnostic imaging; radiology and radiologists; socioeconomic issues; utilization of imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849123831     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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