Do clinicians use the American College of Radiology appropriateness criteria in the management of their patients?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1581-1585

  Bautista, Andre B ^a   Burgos, Anthony ^a   Nickel, Barbara J ^a   Yoon, John J ^a   Tilara, Amish A ^a   Amorosa, Judith K ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ACR appropriateness criteria; Diagnostic imaging; Patient management; Practice of radiology; Referring physicians

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; RADIOLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOLOGY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67049159504     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1622     Document Type: Review

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