Convenience That Diagnostic Imaging Provides
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Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 Time: 3:28 PM
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Part of universal health care is diagnostic imaging such as CT scan and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). In developing countries, the availability of such equipment varies from region to region. Patients who live in bigger cities where the economies are growing can usually avail of diagnostic imaging because of richer patients. A lot of people have insurance and private individuals have invested on the equipment.
On the other hand, cities of smaller size usually dont have such equipment. If the economy of such city is growing rapidly, the patients could afford so they have to go to the nearest city to have their diagnostic images taken. This is because private entities do not invest in such equipment and the medical practitioners in these cities do not refer.
Expanding health insurance to cover individuals with lower income, purchasing used equipment, encouraging the private investors & doctors, or the government should invest in health care are some solutions to this problem.
The accessibility depends on being available and affordable. In developing countries like Brazil & Taiwan, patients can afford it because health insurance programs of their governments cover most of them. In India, however, the government insurance covers only some people. Those that are affluent can afford such equipment.
The government needs to shell out a large capital for state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging equipment thats why they couldnt provide access to most of the people. And private sectors only invest on cities where the economies are fast growing. Doctors dont prescribe imaging scans very often. And doctors who do prescribe them are residing in bigger cities.
The patients who are from larger cities are more aware and can afford health care insurance, thus, health care services are being provided. Hospitals & other diagnostic imaging centers have invested in these diagnostic equipments. Even government owned hospitals have invested on such equipment. The pricing for diagnostic scans have lowered making these services more affordable & accessible with greater competition.
When the competition increases and the bigger cities become saturated, the companies for diagnostic imaging equipment are setting their sights on the cities next in size. They are encouraging hospitals & diagnostic centers of these cities to invest in these equipment. Now the patients from these cities dont have to travel to the big city to avail of high-end imaging scans.
These are really indispensable because they help practitioners concretize their suspicions, every hospital should have them.
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