Retrospective review of the costs of routine pelvic X-rays in a trauma setting

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 337-341

  Feeney, James ^a,b   Jayaraman, Vijay ^c   Luk, Stephen ^d   Shapiro, David ^a,b   Virk, Mandeep ^b   Twohig, Michael ^a,b   Jacobs, Lenworth ^b,c  

^a SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIC BONES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79952427076     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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