Computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scanners public hospital coverage:<br /> A comparative analysis between Greece and England
Journal Title: Αρχεία Ελληνικής Ιατρικής - Year 2007, Vol 24, Issue 2
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Το evaluate the regional distribution of computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners and their coverage in public hospitals of the national health services of Greece (ESY) and England (NHS) at the year 2001. METHOD Official published data were used to calculate distribution and hospital coverage indices, such as the number and percentage of CTs and MRIs per hospital or trust in the 9 geographical regions of Greece and 8 of England, respectively. Regional distribution inequalities were examined with the Gini (G) coefficient. Correlations between the number of CTs and MRIs and the number of public hospitals per region were examined with Pearson's correlation test. RESULTS The regional distribution indices were 0.17-0.75 CT and 0.0-0.25 MRI per hospital in ESY, while in NHS the numbers were 1.17-1.68 CT and 0.52-1.17 MRI per trust, but with a significant percentage of NHS trusts having more than one CT (27.1%) and MRI (17.1%). Mean distribution indices, indicative for hospital coverage with CTs and MRIs were 0.44 CT and 0.08 MRI in 131 ESY hospitals, 0.59 CT and 0.10 MRIs in 98 ESY general hospitals. In NHS the mean distribution indexes were 1.41 CT and 0.87 MRIs per trust with real coverage indices reaching 100% for CTs and 63.3% for ΜRIs. Significant correlation was found in ESY between the number of hospitals per region and the number of CTs (P
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P. MARKOU, D. NIAKAS
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