National fluid shifts: Fifteen-year trends in paracentesis and thoracentesis procedures

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 859-864

  Duszak Jr , Richard ^a,b   Chatterjee, Arindam R ^b   Schneider, Debra A ^b  

^a Mid South Imaging and Therapeutics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical economics; paracentesis; radiology and radiologists; socioeconomic trends; thoracentesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT; PARACENTESIS; THORACOCENTESIS;

EID: 84928096729     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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