title: Certain social considerations in abandoning high technology medical imaging.
abstract: The growth in medical costs has created significant public concern and has appeared to mandate health care policy changes of great magnitude. These important policy decisions will evoke changes that could alter the traditional relationship in health care and will significantly affect the activities of both consumers and providers. This article will address one of the major areas affected by these recently instituted health care policies, medical imaging technology.
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000191:economics*; D006291:Health Policy; D006295:Health Resources / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States