What causes increasing and unnecessary use of radiological investigations? a survey of radiologists' perceptions

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Lysdahl, Kristin B ^a,b   Hofmann, Bjørn M ^b,c  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY; STUDENT T TEST; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NORWAY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; NORWAY; RADIOLOGY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 70349786601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-155     Document Type: Article

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