Decreasing use of high-cost imaging: The danger of utilization-based performance measures

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 597-599

  Raja, Ali S ^a,b   Walls, Ron M ^a,b   Schuur, Jeremiah D ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; WARFARIN;

CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78649495619     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.09.013     Document Type: Editorial

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