Professional resource cost of body CT examinations: Analysis of interpretation costs in different patient populations

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 652-658

  Muchantef, Karl ^a   Forman, Howard P ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Cost effectiveness; Departmental management; Medical economics

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; IMAGING; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; RESIDENT;

EID: 84928096490     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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