Socioeconomic status and the utilization of diagnostic imaging in an urban setting

S Demeter, M Reed, L Lix, L MacWilliam, WD Leslie - Cmaj, 2005 - Can Med Assoc
Background: In publicly funded health care systems, the utilization of health care services
should be equitable, irrespective of socioeconomic status (SES). Although the association …

Utilization patterns of diagnostic imaging across the late life course: a population-based study in Ontario, Canada

L Wang, JX Nie, CS Tracy, R Moineddin… - International journal of …, 2008 - cambridge.org
Objectives: Due to the aging baby boom population, utilization rates of diagnostic imaging
(ie, X-ray, CT, and MRI scanning) have risen rapidly relative to other health services. The …

The association between hospital outcomes and diagnostic imaging: early findings

DW Lee, DA Foster - Journal of the American College of Radiology, 2009 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Resource use variation across the United States prompts the important question
of whether “more is better” when it comes to health care services. The aim of this study was …

Trends in the utilization of medical imaging from 2003 to 2011: clinical encounters offer a complementary patient-centered focus

MS Dodoo, R Duszak Jr, DR Hughes - Journal of the American College of …, 2013 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to investigate trends in utilization and spending for
medical imaging, using medical visits resulting in imaging as a novel metric of utilization …

Socioeconomic and demographic predictors of missed opportunities to provide advanced imaging services

MK Glover IV, D Daye, O Khalilzadeh, O Pianykh… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose The extent to which racial and socioeconomic disparities exist in accessing
clinically appropriate, advanced diagnostic imaging has not been well studied. This study …

After nearly a decade of rapid growth, use and complexity of imaging declined, 2008–14

DC Levin, L Parker, CD Palit, VM Rao - Health Affairs, 2017 - healthaffairs.org
Imaging is an important cost driver in health care, and its use grew rapidly in the early
2000s. Several studies toward the end of the decade suggested that a leveling off was …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of patient race on the use of diagnostic imaging in United States emergency departments: data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical …

AB Ross, V Kalia, BY Chan, G Li - BMC Health Services Research, 2020 - Springer
Background An established body of literature has shown evidence of implicit bias in the
health care system on the basis of patient race and ethnicity that contributes to well …

Regional variation in Medicare payments for medical imaging: radiologists versus nonradiologists

DA Rosman, E Nsiah, DR Hughes… - American Journal of …, 2015 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article was to study regional variation in Medicare
Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) payments for medical imaging to radiologists compared …

[HTML][HTML] Regional variations in diagnostic practices

Y Song, J Skinner, J Bynum, J Sutherland… - … England Journal of …, 2010 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Current methods of risk adjustment rely on diagnoses recorded in clinical and
administrative records. Differences among providers in diagnostic practices could lead to …

[HTML][HTML] National trends in advanced outpatient diagnostic imaging utilization: an analysis of the medical expenditure panel survey, 2000-2009

K Lang, H Huang, DW Lee, V Federico, J Menzin - BMC medical imaging, 2013 - Springer
Background Concerns have been raised regarding growth in advanced diagnostic imaging
use. This study evaluated trends in national outpatient MRI/CT utilization rates during 2000 …