Ordering of CT by emergency department provider type: Analysis of a nationally representative sample

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1054-1059

  Lee, Christoph I ^a,b,c   Ponce, Ninez A ^d   Ettner, Susan L ^d   Kahn, Katherine L ^e,f   Bassett, Lawrence W ^e   Forman, Howard P ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CANCER CARE ALLIANCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; CT; Emergency department; Physician extender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868026068     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.8303     Document Type: Article

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