Use of advanced radiology during visits to US emergency departments for injury-related conditions, 1998-2007

JAMA

Volumn 304, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1465-1471

  Korley, Frederick Kofi ^a   Pham, Julius Cuong ^a   Kirsch, Thomas Dean ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL FRACTURE; SPLEEN INJURY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; INFANT; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957671700     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.1408     Document Type: Article

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