Sunshine J H, Bansal S
American College of Radiology, Research Department, Reston, VA 22091.
Radiology. 1994 Dec;193(3):613-8. doi: 10.1148/radiology.193.3.7972796.
To determine the operational characteristics of radiology groups in the United States in 1992.
The American College of Radiology surveyed a stratified random sample of 695 radiology groups, including academic departments, units in multispecialty groups, and staff of government facilities. After intensive follow-up, a 69% response rate was achieved for in-scope groups. The responses were weighted to show what findings would have been if all radiology groups in the country had responded.
Thirteen percent of groups practiced in a university or teaching hospital; 59%, in a nonprofit hospital; and 18%, in a proprietary hospital; 42% routinely read images obtained by other practices; and 15% were involved with mobile vans. Radiologists in diagnostic-only practices averaged 11,100 procedures per year per full-time equivalent. However, the average was about one-third lower in office-only practices and primarily academic practices. Most groups had no female radiologists.
Workload data show a great deal of variability and means should not be taken as standards.
