The Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Renal Colic across a Sample of US Hospitals: High CT Utilization Despite Low Rates of Admission and Inpatient Urologic Intervention

Elizabeth M. Schoenfeld; Penelope S. Pekow; Meng-Shiou Shieh; Charles D. Scales Jr; Tara Lagu; Peter K. Lindenauer

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0169160

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The Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Renal Colic across a Sample of US Hospitals: High CT Utilization Despite Low Rates of Admission and Inpatient Urologic Intervention

Elizabeth M. Schoenfeld ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Elizabeth M. Schoenfeld, Penelope S. Pekow, Meng-Shiou Shieh, Peter K. Lindenauer

* E-mail: ElizSchoen@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States of America, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for Quality of Care Research, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3661-4023

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Penelope S. Pekow ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Elizabeth M. Schoenfeld, Penelope S. Pekow, Meng-Shiou Shieh, Peter K. Lindenauer

Affiliation Center for Quality of Care Research, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Meng-Shiou Shieh ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Elizabeth M. Schoenfeld, Penelope S. Pekow, Meng-Shiou Shieh, Peter K. Lindenauer

Affiliation Center for Quality of Care Research, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Charles D. Scales Jr ,

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Duke Clinical Research Institute and Division of Urologic Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Tara Lagu ,

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for Quality of Care Research, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Peter K. Lindenauer

Contributed equally to this work with: Elizabeth M. Schoenfeld, Penelope S. Pekow, Meng-Shiou Shieh, Peter K. Lindenauer

Affiliations Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for Quality of Care Research, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
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The Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Renal Colic across a Sample of US Hospitals: High CT Utilization Despite Low Rates of Admission and Inpatient Urologic Intervention

Elizabeth M. Schoenfeld,
Penelope S. Pekow,
Meng-Shiou Shieh,
Charles D. Scales Jr,
Tara Lagu,
Peter K. Lindenauer

Published: January 3, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169160

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