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I wonder if US healthcare with its profusion of CT scanners can drive down long term patient treatment costs faster with their greater installed base.
by selimthegrim 4y ago
I wonder if US healthcare with its profusion of CT scanners can drive down long term patient treatment costs faster with their greater installed base.
- SoftTalker 4y agoI don't know about that. I currently need an MRI and the earliest appointment I could get was 4 weeks out, and that's not at the closest facility (they are nearly two months out). Maybe CT scans are faster.
- themantalope 4y agoRadiologist. Depending on the protocol, CT scans usually take anywhere from 5 seconds to 10 minutes (in the longer scans most of that is waiting after contrast injection). MRI studies take a long time to acquire data, usually at least 20 minutes for very short/limited studies. More involved protocols can take hours. Patient throughput is slower.