Variation in Follow-up Imaging Recommendations in Radiology Reports: Patient, Modality, and Radiologist Predictors
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Cochon, Laila R.; Kapoor, Neena; Carrodeguas, Emmanuel; Ip, Ivan K.; Lacson, Ronilda; Boland, Giles; Khorasani, Ramin
- Source
- Radiology; June 2019, Vol. 291 Issue: 3 p700-707, 8p
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- ISSN
- 00338419; 15271315
There was a high degree of variation (up to approximately seven fold) between radiologists in recommending a follow-up imaging examination in a radiology report. This suggests that interventions to reduce unwarranted variation in follow-up recommendations may be targeted to individual radiologists.