Table 4 Average Annual CT and MRI Utilization in Taiwan (per 1000 Inhabitants)
From: Utilization of CT and MRI scanning in Taiwan, 2000–2017
Characteristics | Hospital level | Metropolitan areas | Other areas | Teaching/non-teaching | Public/private | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | 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 | 14.4 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 13.0 | 1.4 | 4.9 | 10 |
Emergency | 15.6 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 2.0 | 5.5 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 14.5 | 1.1 | 4.3 | 11 |
Outpatient | 22.2 | 10.9 | 8.6 | 2.7 | 8.4 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 20.4 | 1.8 | 7.7 | 14 |
Magnetic resonance imaging | ||||||||||||||
Inpatient | 4.2 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 3 |
Emergency | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.02 | 0.2 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.04 | 0.4 | 0.01 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Outpatient | 13.4 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 5.3 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 12.6 | 0.9 | 4.1 | 9 |