Workload of consultant radiologists in a large DGH and how it compares to international benchmarks

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Khan, S H M ^a   Hedges, W P ^a  

^a EAST LANCASHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAMMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AUSTRALIA; BENCHMARKING; CONSULTANTS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IRELAND; RADIOLOGY; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RELATIVE VALUE SCALES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84876132653     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2012.10.016     Document Type: Article

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