Manitoba Barium Enema Efficacy Study
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 126 (1) , 39-44
- https://doi.org/10.1148/126.1.39
Abstract
Claims analysis and efficacy study are 2 new methods of evaluating medical services. In Manitoba [Canada], with a 1974 population of 1,053,382 approximately 100,000 patient-physician interfaces resulted in 16,594 Ba enema examinations; 1000 significant abnormalities were discovered and the referring physician was unusually perceptive in predicting the likelihood of these abnormalities. It was estimated that a 10% reduction in use of Ba enemas could be achieved by referring physicians with no deterioration in patient care.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: