Hossein Yousefi Manesh

Department of medicine, Shiraz Medical Students Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran.

[ 1 ] - Evidence for Policy Making: Clinical Appropriateness Study of Lumbar Spine MRI Prescriptions Using RAND Appropriateness Method

Background MRI is a new and expensive diagnostic technology, which has been used increasingly all over the world. Low back pain is a worldwide prevalent disorder and MRI technique is one of the several ways to diagnose it. This paper aims to identify the appropriateness of lumbar spine MRI prescriptions in Shiraz teaching hospitals using standardized RAND Appropriateness Method (RAM) criteria i...

Co-Authors

Ali Akbari Sari 1  

Ali Keshtkaran 1  

Amir Rakhshan 1  

Atefeh Esfandiari 1  

Hedayat Salari 1  

Rahim Ostovar 1