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Physician Self-Referral and Imaging Use Appropriateness: Negative Cervical Spine MRI Frequency as an Assessment Metric

T.J. Amrhein, B.E. Paxton, M.P. Lungren, N.T. Befera, H.R. Collins, C. Yurko, J.D. Eastwood and R.K. Kilani
American Journal of Neuroradiology December 2014, 35 (12) 2248-2253; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4076
T.J. Amrhein
aFrom the Department of Radiology (T.J.A., B.E.P., N.T.B., C.Y., J.D.E., R.K.K.), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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B.E. Paxton
aFrom the Department of Radiology (T.J.A., B.E.P., N.T.B., C.Y., J.D.E., R.K.K.), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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M.P. Lungren
bDepartment of Radiology (M.P.L.), Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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N.T. Befera
aFrom the Department of Radiology (T.J.A., B.E.P., N.T.B., C.Y., J.D.E., R.K.K.), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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H.R. Collins
cCenter for Biomedical Imaging (H.R.C.), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.
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C. Yurko
aFrom the Department of Radiology (T.J.A., B.E.P., N.T.B., C.Y., J.D.E., R.K.K.), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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J.D. Eastwood
aFrom the Department of Radiology (T.J.A., B.E.P., N.T.B., C.Y., J.D.E., R.K.K.), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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R.K. Kilani
aFrom the Department of Radiology (T.J.A., B.E.P., N.T.B., C.Y., J.D.E., R.K.K.), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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    Negative cervical spine MR imaging rates (with 95% CIs). There was a 17.3% increase in the negative examination rate in the FI group (P = .006).

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    The number of concurrent shoulder MR imaging scans obtained. Patients in the FI group were significantly more likely to undergo concurrent shoulder MR imaging (P = .02).

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T.J. Amrhein, B.E. Paxton, M.P. Lungren, N.T. Befera, H.R. Collins, C. Yurko, J.D. Eastwood, R.K. Kilani
Physician Self-Referral and Imaging Use Appropriateness: Negative Cervical Spine MRI Frequency as an Assessment Metric
American Journal of Neuroradiology Dec 2014, 35 (12) 2248-2253; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A4076

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T.J. Amrhein, B.E. Paxton, M.P. Lungren, N.T. Befera, H.R. Collins, C. Yurko, J.D. Eastwood, R.K. Kilani
American Journal of Neuroradiology Dec 2014, 35 (12) 2248-2253; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A4076
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