Physicians' influence on the decision to acquire magnetic resonance imagers in acute care hospitals.
The influences of four principal types of decision makers on the acquisition of magnetic resonance imagers were measured in hospitals in Southern California, Oregon, and Washington. We propose that of the decision makers assessed, physicians had the most influence on the acquisition of magnetic resonance imagers.
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D002140:California; D002201:Capital Expenditures; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000191:economics* / Q000295:instrumentation; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D009922:Oregon; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014861:Washington