Title
How Radiologists Are Paid: An Economic History, Part III: The Bubble Years
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Radiology
Publication Date
2020-03-17
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Health Economics | History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Radiology
Abstract
With the collapse of the Clinton health care reforms, advanced imaging entered an economic bubble. Between 1995 and 2006, the number of CT and MRI studies almost tripled, from 21 million to 62 million and from 9.1 to 26.6 million, respectively. The increase reflected increases in both the number of scanners and the number of scans generated per CT or MRI scanner. Without restrictions, the profits generated by CT and MR ownership inevitably spread from hospitals first to imaging centers and later to individual physicians' offices and led to potential for conflict of interest and self-referral. During this time, the increase in radiologists' efficiency was fueled by the conversion from "film" to digitized images and PACS. In conjunction with increased volume and efficiency, radiologists' compensation increased throughout the 1990s.
Keywords
Economics, history, radiologists
DOI of Published Version
10.1016/j.jacr.2020.02.012
Source
Levy F, Rosen MP. How Radiologists Are Paid: An Economic History, Part III: The Bubble Years. J Am Coll Radiol. 2020 Mar 17:S1546-1440(20)30165-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2020.02.012. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32202253. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR
Related Resources
PubMed ID
32202253
Repository Citation
Levy F, Rosen MP. (2020). How Radiologists Are Paid: An Economic History, Part III: The Bubble Years. Radiology Publications. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2020.02.012. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/radiology_pubs/532