Physician self-referral: Frequency of negative findings at MR imaging of the knee as a marker of appropriate utilization

Radiology

Volumn 269, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 810-815

  Lungren, Matthew P ^a   Amrhein, Timothy J ^b   Paxton, Ben E ^a   Srinivasan, Ramesh C ^c   Collins, Heather R ^b   Eastwood, James D ^a   Kilani, Ramsey K ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN SELF-REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT T TEST; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OWNERSHIP; PHYSICIAN SELF-REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84890103929     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.13130281     Document Type: Article

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