Trends in Use of Medical Imaging in US Health Care Systems and in Ontario, Canada, 2000-2016

IMPORTANCE: Medical imaging increased rapidly from 2000 to 2006, but trends in recent years have not been analyzed. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate recent trends in medical imaging. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Retrospective cohort study of patterns of medical imaging between 2000 and 2016 among 16 mil...

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Veröffentlicht in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2019-09, Vol.322 (9), p.843-856
Hauptverfasser: Smith-Bindman, Rebecca, Kwan, Marilyn L, Marlow, Emily C, Theis, Mary Kay, Bolch, Wesley, Cheng, Stephanie Y, Bowles, Erin J. A, Duncan, James R, Greenlee, Robert T, Kushi, Lawrence H, Pole, Jason D, Rahm, Alanna K, Stout, Natasha K, Weinmann, Sheila, Miglioretti, Diana L
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Zusammenfassung:IMPORTANCE: Medical imaging increased rapidly from 2000 to 2006, but trends in recent years have not been analyzed. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate recent trends in medical imaging. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Retrospective cohort study of patterns of medical imaging between 2000 and 2016 among 16 million to 21 million patients enrolled annually in 7 US integrated and mixed-model insurance health care systems and for individuals receiving care in Ontario, Canada. EXPOSURES: Calendar year and country (United States vs Canada). MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Use of computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound, and nuclear medicine imaging. Annual and relative imaging rates by imaging modality, country, and age (children [
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.2019.11456