Joint venture acquisition of expensive medical technology by Oahu hospitals. Planning, operations and impact of lithotripsy and magnetic resonance imaging.
Expensive diagnostic and treatment services and equipment are naturally suited to large, populous medical market areas, with sufficient forecasted service demand to justify the large investment in capital, construction and staffing. Only major tertiary or secondary medical centers with shared resources can justify the first-generation investment in the multimillion-dollar purchases of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), megavoltage linear accelerators, or lithotripters. The regional referral system in most nations accommodates the outlying population in the less developed rural sectors.
Roseman
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Stenson
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Hayashida
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D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D006254:Hawaii; D006755:Hospital Shared Services / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*