Dramatically increased musculoskeletal ultrasound utilization from 2000 to 2009, especially by podiatrists in private offices

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-146

  Sharpe, Richard E ^a   Nazarian, Levon N ^a   Parker, Laurence ^a   Rao, Vijay M ^a   Levin, David C ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicare; Musculoskeletal; self referral; ultrasound; utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND; PODIATRIST; PRIVATE PRACTICE; TREND STUDY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84926231197     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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