The Association Between Hospital Outcomes and Diagnostic Imaging: Early Findings

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 780-785

  Lee, David W ^a   Foster, David A ^b  

^a GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b THOMSON REUTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnostic imaging; inpatients; Outcomes assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 72049125581     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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