Financial impact of emergency department ultrasound

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 674-680

  Soremekun, Olanrewaju A ^a   Noble, Vicki E ^b   Liteplo, Andrew S ^b   Brown, David F M ^b   Zane, Richard D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department ultrasound; Financial impact

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; ULTRASOUND;

CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEE SCHEDULES; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 67650330158     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00447.x     Document Type: Article

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