TY  - JOUR
T1  - PHysician self-referrals
AU  - Mitka M
Y1  - 2012/12/12
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2012.111282
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 2327
EP  - 2327
VL  - 308
IS  - 22
N2  - 
The GAO report, released October 31, looked at MRI and CT services from 2004 through 2010 and found the number of self-referred MRI services increased by more than 80%, compared with a 12% increase for MRI services that were not self-referred. For CT services, the GAO report found self-referred services more than doubled, while CT services that were not self-referred increased by about 30%. The report also found that physicians who began self-referring in 2009 increased MRI and CT referral on average by about 67% in 2010 compared with 2008; by contrast, the average number of referrals declined among physicians whose referral status did not change in that time, whether they were self-referrers or not (http://tinyurl.com/av9wfko).

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.111282
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.111282
ER  -