title: Computed tomography in a private practice office.
abstract: Since 1975, the author examined over 6,000 outpatient and hospital inpatients with computed tomography in a private practice CT office. The patients were referred by 368 physicians and 26 hospitals. A CT center in a private radiology office available for immediate utilization by several hospitals and many physicians is an effective method of controlling costs and containing unnecessary capital equipment expenditures, and contributes to the preservation of the private practice of radiology and medicine.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011331:Private Practice; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000191:economics