Table 2 Characteristics of the hospitals in which the radiology department performs more than 20,000 US examinations/year (nationality, presence/absence of teaching duties, number of inpatients, number of US machines available, ratio between number of US examinations performed by non-radiology specialists vs. radiologists)
US exams/year | Nationality | Teaching duties | No. beds in hospital | No. US machines | US done by non-radiologists/US done by radiologists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
47,441 | ES | Yes | >1,000 | 10-20 | 49/51 |
45,000 | LT | Yes | >1,000 | <10 | 50/50 |
41,834 | DE | Yes | >1,000 | <10 | 34/66 |
41,172 | HU | Yes | >1,000 | 10-20 | 10/90 |
30,000 | ES | Yes | 400-1,000 | <10 | 20/80 |
27,000 | RO | Yes | >1,000 | 10-20 | 15/85 |
25,000 | IT | Yes | 400-1,000 | <10 | 10/90 |
22,851 | IT | Yes | >1,000 | 10-20 | 40/60 |
22,000 | DE | Yes | >1,000 | <10 | 70/30 |
22,000 | ES | Yes | 400-1,000 | 10-20 | 20/80 |
21,000 | UK | Yes | >1,000 | <10 | 80/20 |