Relationship between the use of new or used computed tomography scanners and image retake rates in South Korea

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 428-434

  Hong, Jae Seok ^a   Kang, Hee Chung ^a  

^a Health Insurance Review Agency   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography scanner; Medical devices; Quality of healthcare

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); SCANNING;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS; IMAGING EQUIPMENT; MEDICAL DEVICES; QUALITY INSPECTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY VERIFICATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY CONTROL; RECYCLING; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH KOREA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY CONTROL; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84880664584     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ar.2012.120290     Document Type: Article

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