American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 552-557, June 2009

The association between physician risk tolerance and imaging use in abdominal pain

  • Jesse M. Pines, MD, MBA, MSCE

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • The Leonard Davis Institute Of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Tel.: +1 215 662 4050.
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  • Judd E. Hollander, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • Joshua A. Isserman, MS

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • Esther H. Chen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • Anthony J. Dean, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • Frances S. Shofer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • Angela M. Mills, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

Received 27 March 2008; accepted 28 April 2008.

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PII: S0735-6757(08)00369-0

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2008.04.031

American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 552-557, June 2009

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