Friday, July 1, 2011

Self-referral: A significant factor in diagnostic imaging growth

Self-referral: A significant factor in imaging growth

"A recent study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology suggests that self-referral in medical imaging may be a significant contributing factor in diagnostic imaging growth...."
"Researchers identified the relative risk of physicians' referring patients for imaging to facilities in which the physicians have financial interest (self-referrers) compared with physicians' referring patients for imaging to facilities in which they have no financial interest (radiologist referrers)...."
$3.6 Billion in 2008.

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