Choosing Wisely: Highest-cost tests in outpatient neurology

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 679-683

  Burke, James F ^a,b   Skolarus, Lesli E ^b   Callaghan, Brian C ^c   Kerber, Kevin A ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONVULSION; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DIZZINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FAINTNESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MIGRAINE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIST; NEUROLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONDYLOSIS; ULTRASOUND; VERTIGO; X RAY;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGY; OUTPATIENTS;

EID: 84878298793     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.23865     Document Type: Article

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