
Significant shifts in radiology activity from an inpatient to an outpatient basis may mean that traditional methods for justifying department staffing levels are no longer useful, says the author. A survey designed to compare radiology exam volumes, staffing and salary expenses to hospital activity suggest that relative value units should become the vehicle for understanding future radiology staffing needs.
Patient Admission, Radiology Department, Hospital, Data Collection, Outpatients, Statistics as Topic, Hospital Departments, Personnel Staffing and Scheduling, Workforce, Personnel Management, United States
Patient Admission, Radiology Department, Hospital, Data Collection, Outpatients, Statistics as Topic, Hospital Departments, Personnel Staffing and Scheduling, Workforce, Personnel Management, United States
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