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Increased Computed Tomography Utilization in the Emergency Department and Its Association with Hospital Admission

INTRODUCTION: Our goal was to investigate trends in computed tomography (CT) utilization in emergency departments (EDs) and its association with hospitalization. METHODS: We conducted an analysis of an administrative claims database of U.S. privately insured and Medicare Advantage enrollees. We iden...

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Autores principales: Bellolio, M. Fernanda, Heien, Herbert C., Sangaralingham, Lindsey R., Jeffery, Molly M., Campbell, Ronna L., Cabrera, Daniel, Shah, Nilay D., Hess, Erik P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5576619/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28874935
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2017.5.34152