title: A comparison of diagnostic radiology practice and patient exposure in Britain, France and Italy.
abstract: Surveys have been conducted in Britain, France and Italy, using essentially the same techniques, to establish the level of provision of diagnostic radiology services, the frequency of X-ray examinations and examples of the radiation doses delivered to patients in each country. Different national strategies for conducting some types of X-ray examination and marked differences in the general availability of this aspect of health care indicate that the justification and optimization of medical exposures is not interpreted in the same way in these countries.
authors.affiliation: Medical Physics Department, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Contento
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Malisan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Padovani
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maccia
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Wall
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Shrimpton
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D005602:France; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011835:Radiation Protection; D011859:Radiography; D011871:Radiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D006113:United Kingdom; D000078329:Workforce