The Economic Burden of Incidentally Detected Findings
The Economic Burden of Incidentally Detected Findings
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DOI：
10.1016/j.rcl.2010.11.004
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发表时间：
2011-03-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Pandharipande, Pari V.
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作者：
Ding, Alexander;Eisenberg, Jonathan D.;Pandharipande, Pari V.
所有医学学科的从业者都认识到偶然发现的高频率。虽然一些发现是在体检中发现的，但越来越多的发现是在为另一种适应症进行的成像中发现的。随着联邦政府对成像服务净值的审查日益严格，偶然发现的成本和收益需要更严格地量化。在这篇文章中，作者审查了目前关于偶然发现的成像费用的相关工作，并为未来的调查提供了一个框架，将有效和实质性地促进这一领域的知识。
Practitioners in all medical disciplines recognize the high frequency of incidentally detected findings. Although some findings are discovered on physical examination, an increasing majority are detected at imaging performed for another indication. With increasing federal scrutiny on the net value of imaging services, the costs and benefits of incidental findings need to be more rigorously quantified. In this article, the authors examine current related work on imaging expenditures for incidental findings and provide a framework for future investigations that will efficiently and substantially advance the knowledge in this field.