Shoulder MRI utilization: Relationship of physician MRI equipment ownership to negative study frequency

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 605-610

  Amrhein, Timothy J ^a   Lungren, Matthew P ^b   Paxton, Ben E ^b   Srinivasan, Ramesh ^c   Jung, Sin Ho ^d   Yu, Miao ^b   Eastwood, James D ^b   Kilani, Ramsey K ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging utilization; Medical economics; MRI; Self referral

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HILL SACHS LESION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR LABROLIGAMENTOUS PERIOSTEAL SLEEVE AVULSION; ARTICLE; BICEPS TENDON TEAR; BICEPS TENOSYNOVITIS; CHILD; HUMAN; HUMERAL AVULSION OF THE GLENOHUMERAL LIGAMENT; LABRAL TEAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARSONAGE TURNER SYNDROME; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRILATERAL SPACE SYNDROME; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIM RENT TEAR; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOULDER; SHOULDER DISEASE; SUBSCAPULARIS TENDON TEAR; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY; DEVICES; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OWNERSHIP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER;

EID: 84884663053     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.9977     Document Type: Article

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