Turf wars in radiology: The quality of imaging facilities operated by nonradiologist physicians and of the images they produce

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 649-651

  Levin, David C ^a,b   Rao, Vijay M ^a   Orrison Jr , William W ^b,c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HealthHelp Inc   (United States)

^c Academic Medical Institute of Nevada   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; IMAGING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; PHYSICIAN; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; STANDARD;

EID: 84928096710     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2004.02.025     Document Type: Article

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