title: Toward providing effective, efficient, and equitable care: how much care can we afford?
abstract: There is no precise answer to the question of what is the "right amount" of imaging care. The author assesses the problem of what represents appropriate imaging care, the evidence base for using imaging, and the tension between the desires for imaging of individual patients and the health care needs of the broader society.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Division of Medical Imaging and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. peter.aspelin@ki.se
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aspelin
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000191:economics* / Q000941:ethics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000941:ethics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States