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Employment-Related Administrative Roentgenograms: Characteristics of Policy Formulation and Current Practice

 

作者: David,   Gift Gale,   Harris James,   Gard George,   Alexander E James,  

 

期刊: Journal of Occupational Medicine  (OVID Available online 1983)
卷期: Volume 25, issue 1  

页码: 34-42

 

ISSN:0096-1736

 

年代: 1983

 

出版商: OVID

 

数据来源: OVID

 

摘要:

A significant proportion of diagnostic medical procedures are used in response to public or private policy rather than in response to an individual patient-physician interaction. We have studied the system whereby such policies are developed and implemented in the case of employment-related chest and lumbar spine roentgenograms, which were found to account for about 11% of the total use of diagnostic radiographs in the state of Michigan. We observed that factors influencing formulation of policy are diverse and largely nonmedical, organizational policies developed in similar environments are often very dissimilar and are highly subject to external influence, and perceptions of policy success and examination utility are typically subjective and uncertain. It is concluded that considerable opportunity exists to enhance the efficacy of such radiographic examinations through leverage provided by their policy-driven nature.

 

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