Imaging appropriateness criteria : Why Canadian family physicians should care

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Fine, Benjamin ^a   Dhanoa, Deljit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGRAM APPROPRIATENESS; CANADA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CANADA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84897898879     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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