Radiology utilization in the emergency department: Trends of the past 2 decades

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 355-360

  Raja, Ali S ^a,b   Ip, Ivan K ^a,b   Sodickson, Aaron D ^a,b   Walls, Ron M ^a,b   Seltzer, Steven E ^a,b   Kosowsky, Joshua M ^a,b   Khorasani, Ramin ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Imaging trends; Relative value units (RVUs)

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; IMAGING TRENDS; RELATIVE VALUE UNITS (RVUS);

BOSTON; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RELATIVE VALUE SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84906501720     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.13.11892     Document Type: Article

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