Noncardiac point-of-care ultrasound by nonradiologist physicians: How widespread is it?

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 772-775

  Levin, David C ^a,b   Rao, Vijay M ^a   Parker, Laurence ^a   Frangos, Andrea J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HealthHelp Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnostic ultrasound; imaging utilization; Medical economics; radiology and radiologists; self referral; socioeconomic issues

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POINT OF CARE ULTRASOUND; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RADIOLOGIST; ULTRASOUND; UROLOGY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 84928096696     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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