Financial illiteracy among internal medicine, surgery, and radiology residents regarding medical imaging costs in the Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess the knowledge of internal medicine, surgery, and radiology residents of medical imaging costs at a university hospital in the Netherlands.

Methods

A survey was conducted among internal medicine, surgery, and radiology residents at a tertiary care university hospital to determine their knowledge and view on medical imaging costs. Participants were asked to estimate the costs of a two-view chest X-ray, unenhanced CT of the brain, unenhanced MRI of the brain, contrast-enhanced CT of the chest and abdomen, ultrasound of the complete abdomen, and FDG-PET and PSMA-PET torso. Estimates within ± 25% of the available published costs were considered accurate.

Results

A total of 44 participants (18 in internal medicine, 15 in surgery, and 11 in radiology) were

SUBMITTER: Velleman T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12350507 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature