Advanced diagnostic imaging in privately insured patients: Recent trends in utilization and payments

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 692-697

  Horný, Michal ^a   Burgess, James F ^a,b   Horwitt, Jedediah ^c   Cohen, Alan B ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

commercial insurance; Diagnostic imaging; payments; utilization

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT; PELVIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; INSURANCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; PRIVATE SECTOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84904053775     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2014.01.019     Document Type: Article

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