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Patient coding: a valuable management tool.

Abstract

The time spent dealing with unknown patient factors can have a dramatic effect on the radiographer's productivity. This article identifies a mechanism for enhancing the department's level of information about those permanent patient factors that can affect the outcome of radiologic examinations.

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S Metcalf. 1987. Patient coding: a valuable management tool.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10284740/

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