Ordering of CT by emergency department provider type: analysis of a nationally representative sample.
Lee CI, Ponce NA, Ettner SL, Kahn KL, Bassett LW, Forman HP. Ordering of CT by emergency department provider type: analysis of a nationally representative sample. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2012, 199: 1054-9. PMID: 23096179, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.11.8303.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency department visitsNonphysician health care providersHealth care providersU.S. emergency departmentsDepartment visitsCare providersCT studiesNonphysician providersCT utilizationEmergency departmentPatient visitsMultivariate logistic regressionPatient-level variablesProvider typeProvider groupsLogistic regressionDescriptive trend analysisVisitsCTPhysiciansSignificant differencesRepresentative sampleProvidersSame periodTotal number