Imaging self-referral: Here we go again

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Lungren, Matthew P ^a   Paxton, Ben E ^a   Kilani, Ramsey K ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN SELF-REFERRAL; PHYSICIANS; RADIOLOGY;

EID: 84886380549     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.10477     Document Type: Letter

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