2011
Physician Self-Referral for Imaging and the Cost of Chronic Care for Medicare Beneficiaries
Hughes DR, Sunshine JH, Bhargavan M, Forman H. Physician Self-Referral for Imaging and the Cost of Chronic Care for Medicare Beneficiaries. Medical Care 2011, 49: 857-864. PMID: 21577161, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0b013e31821b35ee.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal episode costsChronic careEpisode costsCare costsPhysician Self-ReferralCosts of episodesEpisode of careCost of careResearch Identifiable FilesAcute illnessPatient characteristicsMedicare 5Chronic conditionsChronic illnessPhysician specialtyMedical conditionsMedicare beneficiariesSelf referralsCondition severityDiagnostic imagingImaging costsCareDemonstrable benefitPhysiciansIncreases utilization
2010
Masters of radiology panel discussion: responding to health care reform and other market pressures.
Forman HP, Crowe JK, Messinger N, Javitt MC, Larson DB, Norbash A, Kaye A, Thrall JH, Hricak H, Kazerooni EA. Masters of radiology panel discussion: responding to health care reform and other market pressures. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2010, 194: 173-7. PMID: 20028920, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.09.3715.Peer-Reviewed Original Research