Cost effectiveness of the all-digital nuclear medicine department.
The costs of an all-digital nuclear medicine department are compared to a nuclear medicine department using and storing conventional photographic images. The digital format results in a savings of $1.27 per study or an annual savings of $7,620.00 for a department which does 6,000 examinations each year.
D003201:Computers / Q000191:economics*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000191:economics*; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000191:economics*; D010781:Photography / Q000191:economics; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics*