Geographic variation in radiologist capacity and widespread implementation of lung cancer CT screening

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 207-215

  Smieliauskas, Fabrice ^a   MacMahon, Heber ^a   Salgia, Ravi ^a   Shih, Ya Chen Tina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; CT scan; Health care capacity; Lung cancer; Radiologists

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; WORKLOAD;

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; RADIOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84927599465     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 14755793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969141314548055     Document Type: Article

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