Family doctors and lower diagnostic imaging costs: How do we get there from here?

Healthcare Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 32-34

  Dawson, Heather ^a  

^a Health Council of Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

CANADA; COMPENSATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 79957638575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17156572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2011.22394     Document Type: Note

References (3)

1. Canadian Association of Radiologists. 2009. Do You Need That Scan? Retrieved April 12, 2011. 〈http://www.car.ca/uploads/patient%20info/car- cat-scan-eng.pdf〉.
2. Health Council of Canada. 2010 (September). Decisions, Decisions: Family Doctors as Gatekeepers to Prescription Drugs and Diagnostic Imaging in Canada. Retrieved April 12, 2011. 〈http://healthcouncilcanada.ca/docs/rpts/2010/HSU /DecisionsHSU -Sept2010.pdf〉.
3. Russell, G.M., S. Dahrouge, W. Hogg, R. Geneau, L. Muldoon and M. Tuna. 2009. "Managing Chronic Disease in Ontario Primary Care: The Impact of Organizational Factors." Annals of Family Medicine 7(4): 309-18.