[Activities of radiologists in teaching hospitals].
OBJECTIVE
To determine if teaching hospital imaging units are adequately staffed: how are the medical activities of radiologists distributed in such units?


METHODS
A questionnaire was sent to all teaching hospital radiologists in June 2001. The questionnaire covered 7 areas


RESULTS
Urgent cases represent, on average, 22% of patients. Imaging procedures are becoming more frequent (increase of 2 to 8% per year). The mean working week (excluding periods on duty and on call) is 48 hours per FTE radiologist. The mean time spent on teaching, expertise and organization is 10 hours per week. The mean working time per FTE radiologist is thus 58 h/week. The medical activity per FTE radiologist represents 530.240e.


CONCLUSIONS
The workload of radiologists in teaching hospitals is extremely high, whatever the indicator used (time or activity), indicating major under-staffing.
Hemery
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Service de Biostatistiques. Hôpital Henri Mondor, Marseille.
Devred
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Rahmouni
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D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005602:France; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008432:Mathematical Computing; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010819:Physician's Role; D011871:Radiology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance; D000078329:Workforce; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*