Checking the impulse to x-ray.
A radiologist discusses the overuse of x-ray examinations in light of their risk and cost. He lists the more and the less defensible reasons for these examinations and suggests practices that would encourage more selectivity in their use.
D003363:Cost Control; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000191:economics*; D010819:Physician's Role; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011859:Radiography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States