When does a radiologist's recommendation for follow-up result in high-cost imaging?

Radiology

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 544-549

  Lee, Susanna I ^a   Krishnaraj, Arun ^a   Chatterji, Manjil ^b   Dreyer, Keith J ^a   Thrall, James H ^a   Hahn, Peter F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

BOSTON; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84863150728     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.11111091     Document Type: Article

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