Table 3 Average Annual CT and MRI Utilization in Taiwan
From: Utilization of CT and MRI scanning in Taiwan, 2000–2017
Characteristics | Hospital level | Metropolitan areas | Other areas | Teaching/non-teaching | Public/private | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall No. (%) | Medical center (%) | Regional hospital (%) | District hospital (%) | Taipei (%) | Kaohsiung–Pingtung (%) | North district (%) | Central district (%) | South district (%) | East district (%) | Teaching (%) | Non-teaching (%) | Public (%) | Private (%) | |
Computed tomography | ||||||||||||||
Inpatient | 333,331 (28) | 128,268 (11) | 153,911 (13) | 51,152 (4) | 87,772 (7) | 80,088 (7) | 41,877 (3) | 52,426 (4) | 62,590 (5) | 8579 (0.7) | 301,000 (25) | 32,331 (3) | 112,220 (9) | 221,111 (18) |
Emergency | 361,576 (30) | 143,505 (12) | 172,528 (14) | 45,544 (4) | 128,404 (11) | 49,503 (4) | 54,951 (5) | 71,355 (6) | 46,043 (4) | 11,319 (0.9) | 336,361 (28) | 25,215 (2) | 100,563 (8) | 261,014 (22) |
Outpatient | 514,357 (43) | 252,564 (21) | 198,451 (16) | 63,342 (5) | 193,801 (16) | 75,326 (6) | 66,386 (5) | 95,435 (8) | 71,493 (6) | 11,916 (0.99) | 472,814 (39) | 41,543 (3) | 178,830 (15) | 335,526 (28) |
Magnetic resonance imaging | ||||||||||||||
Inpatient | 96,242 (23) | 49,742 (12) | 42,677 (10) | 3823 (0.9) | 33,945 (8) | 18,749 (4) | 10,214 (2) | 18,150 (4) | 12,987 (3) | 2197 (0.5) | 94,097 (23) | 2146 (0.5) | 29,387 (7) | 66,855 (16) |
Emergency | 10,273 (2) | 7055 (2) | 2838 (0.7) | 380 (0.1) | 4559 (1) | 664 (0.2) | 1013 (0.2) | 1770 (0.4) | 1331 (0.3) | 936 (0.2) | 10,057 (2) | 216 (0.05) | 3727 (0.9) | 6545 (2) |
Outpatient | 311,268 (75) | 141,789 (34) | 139,941 (33) | 29,538 (7) | 123,572 (30) | 38,842 (9) | 35,743 (9) | 65,154 (16) | 39,851 (10) | 8105 (1.9) | 291,227 (70) | 20,040 (5) | 96,214 (23) | 215,053 (51) |