Turf wars in radiology: The overutilization of imaging resulting from self-referral

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 169-172

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

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HealthHelp Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Departmental management; Diagnostic radiology; Medical economics; Radiologists; Radiology; Socioeconomic issues

Indexed keywords

COST; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW;

EID: 84928096318     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2003.12.009     Document Type: Article

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