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Table 3 Distance to imaging and imaging rates

From: The use of low-value imaging: the role of referral practice and access to imaging services in a representative area of Norway

Travel distance to MRI (km)

Population (n)

CW-MRI examinations (n)

Rates CW-MRIs per 1000 inhabitants

All MRI examinations (n)

Rates all MRIs per 1000 inhabitants

0–49

467,022

17,956

38

42,317

91

50–99

11,724

695

59

1282

109

≥ 100

16,201

559

35

1690

104

  1. Number of inhabitants within various distance ranges to the nearest MRI facility, the number of all MRIs and CW-MRIs, and rates per 1000 inhabitants for CW MRI-examinations and all MRI examinations