Utilisation and time to performance of diagnostic imaging in patients admitted to Danish emergency departments: a nationwide register-based study from 2007 to 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe the development of diagnostic imaging utilisation in Denmark from 2007 to 2017, coinciding with a major national reform of the emergency healthcare system.

Design

Nationwide descriptive register-based study.

Setting

All public hospitals in Denmark.

Participants

All unplanned hospital contacts ≥18 years old at somatic hospitals in Denmark from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2017.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome measure was the probability of having CT, X-ray, MRI or ultrasound performed during hospitalisation in 2017 compared with 2007. The secondary outcome measure was receiving diagnostic imaging within 4 hours of hospitalisation.

Results

The probability of having a radiological examination during

SUBMITTER: Christiansen NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10186438 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature