Imaging idolatry: The uneasy intersection of patient satisfaction, quality of care, and overuse

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 921-923

  Deyo, Richard A ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; IMAGING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 66349098364     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.124     Document Type: Editorial

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