Pre-authorization processes have no effect on patients undergoing knee MRI in a pediatric setting when evaluated by specialists
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- 作者：Drew Pierce ; J. Herman Kan ; Megan May ; George S. Bisset
- 关键词：Pre ; authorization ; Diagnostic imaging ; Pediatric ; Orthopedic ; Knee ; MRI
- 刊名：Skeletal Radiology
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：February 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：46
- 期：2
- 页码：171-175
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- 刊物类别：Medicine
- 刊物主题：Imaging / Radiology; Orthopedics; Pathology; Nuclear Medicine;
- 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- ISSN：1432-2161
- 卷排序：46
文摘
ObjectivePre-authorization processes are often used by medical insurance companies to reduce costs by managing the utilization of advanced diagnostic imaging, and their impact on patient care is unclear. The purpose of our study is to determine if a pre-authorization process increases the rate of surgically significant abnormal knee MRI and surgical referrals compared with patients referred from pediatric orthopedic specialists who do not undergo a pre-authorization process.