Where I live in South East Alabama, there are at least 4 MRI and CT
machines serving a population of 100K. That also may be a little
under as some doctor groups may have their own machines.
My in-laws live in Northern Ontario. They need to travel a minimum
of 60 miles and possibly 90 miles to get to their closet MRI/CT
machines to serve a similar population.
When I lived in North Central Wisconsin it was similar. But since
that time these machines have sprung up all over the place.
Stewart
At 07:32 PM 3/1/2010, you wrote:
Ontario does something in addition to limiting crazy high management
salaries. They also manage capital expenditures and utilization rates.
That leads to further savings. In the USA we have doctors setting up
their own CT centers. That leads to too many CT machines, low
utilization, and high cost. It also leads to a conflict of interest
for their doctor owners.
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