Utilization Management of High-Cost Imaging in an Outpatient Setting in a Large Stable Patient and Provider Cohort over 7 Years
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Weilburg, Jeffrey B.; Sistrom, Christopher L.; Rosenthal, Daniel I.; Stout, Markus B.; Dreyer, Keith J.; Rockett, Helaine R.; Baron, Jason M.; Ferris, Timothy G.; Thrall, James H.
- Source
- Radiology; September 2017, Vol. 284 Issue: 3 p766-776, 11p
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- ISSN
- 00338419; 15271315
A 21.3% decrease was observed in risk-adjusted per–patient-year utilization of outpatient high-cost imaging procedures ordered by primary care and specialty care physicians caring for patients regularly seen in our primary care practices during a 7-year period.