Effect of governmental intervention on appropriateness of lumbar MRI referrals: A canadian experience

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 802-807

  Kennedy, Sean A ^a   Fung, William ^a   Malik, Atiqa ^a   Farrokhyar, Forough ^b   Midia, Mehran ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

appropriate imaging; Low back pain; lumbar magnetic resonance imaging; referral patterns

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; BACK; HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84928096684     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2013.12.022     Document Type: Article

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