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Diagnostic Imaging in Small Hospitals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

N. T. Racoveanu  and
D. A. Fresle
N. T. Racoveanu
Affiliation:
World Health Organization
D. A. Fresle
Affiliation:
World Health Organization
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Abstract

Diagnostic imaging in small hospitals is discussed. Four key questions are answered: (1) Are diagnostic imaging technologies necessary at this level? (2) Which technologies should be chosen and why? (3) How can they be most rationally and cost effectively used? (4) How can their total impact on health care be assessed? The paper concludes that small hospitals should have diagnostic imaging facilities and that the modalities of choice are diagnostic radiology and ultrasonography. A detailed description is given of the WHO Basic Radiological System and General Purpose Ultrasonographic equipment together with WHO recommendations for the rational use of diagnostic imaging.

Type
Special Section: The Organization and Use of Technology in the Hospital Part II: Case Studies
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , July 1987 , pp. 363 - 373
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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