Increased use of imaging technology driving up health care costsYou walk into a doctor's office with a horrific
stomach pain. What could it be? Let's order up a $1,000 CT-scan to see what it
shows. The machine is right there in the next room. Situations like this are one
reason why diagnostic imaging is the fastest growing element of the U.S. health
care budget.
However, one source states that overuse of imaging "could break the bank of health plans, and that'd be bad for everybody." Posted: Tue - July 5, 2005 at 10:06 PM WIR NewsStream by Piranha Daily News The Stream Previous Next |
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