Trends in the utilization of outpatient advanced imaging after the deficit reduction act

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-32

  Levin, David C ^a,b   Rao, Vijay M ^a   Parker, Laurence ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HealthHelp Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced imaging; Deficit Reduction Act; imaging utilization; Medical economics; radiology and radiologists; socioeconomic issues

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFICIT REDUCTION ACT; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TREND STUDY;

EID: 84926231991     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2011.08.021     Document Type: Article

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