Global and Japanese regional variations in radiologist potential workload for computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging examinations.
Purpose: To investigate the global variation in radiologist potential workload for CT and MRI examinations, and the regional variation in potential workload and extent of radiologists' involvement in CT and MRI examinations in Japan.Methods: "Radiologist potential workload" was defined as the annual...
| Publicado en: | Japanese Journal of Radiology Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 273 - 282 |
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Springer Nature
Apr2018
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=128864470&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 128864470 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 18671071 AUCM jtl: Japanese Journal of Radiology issn: 18671071 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2018 vid: 36 iid: 4 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 128864470 128864470 NLM29453512 10.1007/s11604-018-0730-7 NLM29453512 128864470 ppf: 273 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Global and Japanese regional variations in radiologist potential workload for computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging examinations. aug: au: Kumamaru, Kanako K. Machitori, Akihiro Koba, Ritsuko Ijichi, Shinpei Nakajima, Yasuo Aoki, Shigeki affil: Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Juntendo University, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8421, Tokyo, Japan sug: subj: Tomography, X-Ray Computed Statistics and Numerical Data Magnetic Resonance Imaging Statistics and Numerical Data Workload Statistics and Numerical Data Resource Databases International Relations Australia South Korea Canada United States Europe Japan Specialties, Medical Scales ab: Purpose: To investigate the global variation in radiologist potential workload for CT and MRI examinations, and the regional variation in potential workload and extent of radiologists' involvement in CT and MRI examinations in Japan.Methods: "Radiologist potential workload" was defined as the annual number of CT plus MRI examinations divided by the total number of diagnostic radiologists. The extent of radiologists' involvement was measured as the proportion of CT and MRI examinations to which "Added-fees for Radiological Managements on Imaging-studies (ARMIs)" were applied among eligible examinations. Maximum variation was computed as the ratio of the highest-to-lowest values among the countries or Japanese prefectures.Results: The radiologist potential workload in Japan was 2.78-4.17 times higher than those in other countries. A maximum prefecture-to-prefecture variation was 3.88. The average percentage of CT plus MRI examinations with ARMI applied was 43.3%, with a maximum prefecture-to-prefecture variation of 3.97. Prefectures with more radiologists tended to have a higher extent of radiologists' involvement.Conclusions: Japan had a far greater radiologist potential workload compared with other countries, with a large regional variation among prefectures. Prefectures with more radiologists tended to have a higher extent of radiologists' involvement in CT and MRI examinations. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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