Decommoditizing Radiology

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 167-170

  Reiner, Bruce I ^a   Siegel, Eliot L ^a  

^a BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

commoditization; pay for performance; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 60649104245     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2008.11.004     Document Type: Review

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