Imaging use among employed and self-employed urologists

Journal of Urology

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2480-2484

  Hollingsworth, John M ^a,b   Birkmeyer, John D ^a,b   Zhang, Yun S ^b   Zhang, Lingling ^a   Hollenbeck, Brent K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Diagnostic imaging utilization; Physicians practice patterns

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EMPLOYMENT; UROLITHIASIS; UROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, UROLOGICAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; UROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349313730     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.08.030     Document Type: Article

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