title: Secondhand need not mean second-best. Why you should consider buying used imaging equipment.
abstract: New imaging equipment tempts many a medical group, but steep price tags can make you hesitate. Why not consider used devices for lower outlay, similar service and identical reimbursement?
authors.affiliation: MGMA Health Care Consulting Group, USA. consulting@mgma.com
authors.forename: Trip
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kinmon
mesh_terms: D002202:Capital Financing / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000191:economics* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000191:economics*