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At what point are less safe but cheaper machines worth it. Hospitals ration MRI machine access through out the world. Even in Canada, you have to wait on a list
by dukeofdoom 3y ago
At what point are less safe but cheaper machines worth it. Hospitals ration MRI machine access through out the world. Even in Canada, you have to wait on a list to get access.
"Canada could expect to wait a median of 5.4 weeks for a CT scan and 10.6 weeks for an MRI scan"
- lnsru 3y agoIs it not the case, that wait time goes to zero if you pay in cash immediately?
- mattlondon 3y agoFWIW in the UK I was able to get a MRI the next day when going private. They even gave me a CD with the images. They would have even done it the same day but I wasn't available. I suspect in the NHS I wouldn't have even got a MRI at all (it was for a mildish running injury to my knee and just needed some physio in the end, so MRI seemed like overkill!)
- LegitShady 3y agothats because Canada has less than 20% the MRI machines proportionally to population as Japan, and 25% of the MRI machines as the US. We're down near the Czech Republic and Turkey. From 2019: https://www.statista.com/statistics/282401/density-of-magnetic-resonance-imaging-units-by-country/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/282401/density-of-magnet... I didn't look very long so maybe there's more recent numbers available.