Falling prey to the sunk cost bias: A potential harm of patient radiation dose histories

Radiology

Volumn 263, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 626-628

  Eisenberg, Jonathan D ^a   Harvey, H Benjamin ^a,b   Moore, Donald A ^c   Gazelle, G Scott ^a,b   Pandharipande, Pari V ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDICITIS; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION SAFETY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84862495420     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12112459     Document Type: Review

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