Diagnostic emergency imaging utilization at an academic trauma center from 1996 to 2012

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 467-474

  Arasu, Vignesh A ^a   Abujudeh, Hani H ^b   Biddinger, Paul D ^b   Noble, Vicki E ^b   Halpern, Elkan F ^b   Thrall, James H ^b   Novelline, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnostic imaging; economics; Emergency department; radiology; utilization

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC TRAUMA CENTER; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC EMERGENCY IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND; X RAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MASSACHUSETTS; TRENDS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BOSTON; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; TRAUMA CENTERS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84929031895     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2014.11.018     Document Type: Article

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