Wide variation and rising utilization of stroke magnetic resonance imaging: Data from 11 States

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-185

  Burke, James F ^a,b,c   Kerber, Kevin A ^c   Iwashyna, Theodore J ^a,d   Morgenstern, Lewis B ^c,d  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857555916     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.22698     Document Type: Article

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