Computed tomography imaging in the management of headache in the emergency department: Cost efficacy and policy implications

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 331-335

  Jordan, Yusef J ^a   Lightfoote, Johnson B ^b   Jordan, John E ^a,c  

^a Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center   (United States)

^b Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

^c Advanced Imaging of South Bay Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Head; Health care; Health insurance; Imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUSITIS;

EID: 66949157671     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30880-4     Document Type: Article

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