Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5726855 | Journal of the American College of Radiology | 2017 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Medicare imaging utilization and costs both vary far more at the county than at the state level. Unfavorable measures of county-level population economic status in the non-Medicare population are independently associated with greater Medicare imaging resource consumption. Future efforts to optimize Medicare imaging use should consider the influence of local indigenous socioeconomic factors outside the scope of traditional beneficiary-focused policy initiatives.
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Authors
Andrew B. MD, MPA, Danny R. PhD, Anand M. MD, MBA, Richard MD,