Who gets paid for diagnostic imaging, and how much?

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 1, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 931-935

  Levin, David C ^a,b   Rao, Vijay M ^a   Parker, Laurence ^a   Maitino, Andrea J ^a   Sunshine, Jonathan H ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HealthHelp Inc   (United States)

^c AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; REIMBURSEMENT;

EID: 84928096488     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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