title: Utilization of diagnostic tests: assessing appropriateness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI, USA.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Dorfman
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D019091:Critical Pathways; D019992:Databases as Topic; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D005791:Patient Care; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011871:Radiology; D014600:Utilization Review