Headaches and neuroimaging: High utilization and costs despite guidelines

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 819-821

  Callaghan, Brian C ^a   Kerber, Kevin A ^a   Pace, Robert J ^a   Skolarus, Lesli E ^a   Burke, James F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-9; LETTER; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; MIGRAINE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899879829     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.173     Document Type: Letter

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