"Chasing a Ghost": Factors that influence primary care physicians to follow up on incidental imaging findings

Radiology

Volumn 281, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 567-573

  Zafar, Hanna M ^a,b   Bugos, Eva K ^c   Langlotz, Curtis P ^d   Frasso, Rosemary ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONSULTATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REVIEW; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE;

ADULT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE;

EID: 84992046862     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2016152188     Document Type: Review

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